A corpus-based look at linguistic variation in classroom interaction: Teacher talk versus student talk in American University classes

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-355

  Csomay, Eniko ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom interaction; Corpus linguistics; English for academic purposes; Language variation; Spoken discourse analysis; University classroom context

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448976237     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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