Handling Discourse: Gestures, Reference Tracking, and Communication Strategies in Early L2

@article{Gullberg2006HandlingDiscourse, abstract = {The production of cohesive discourse, especially maintained reference, poses problems for early second language (L2) speakers. This paper considers a communicative account of overexplicit L2 discourse by focusing on the interdependence between spoken and gestural cohesion, the latter being expressed by anchoring of referents in gesture space. Specifically, this study investigates whether overexplicit maintained reference in speech (lexical noun phrases [NPs]) and gesture (anaphoric gestures) constitutes an interactional communication strategy. We examine L2 speech and gestures of 16 Dutch learners of French retelling stories to addressees under two visibility conditions. The results indicate that the overexplicit properties of L2 speech are not motivated by interactional strategic concerns. The results for anaphoric gestures are more complex. Although their presence is not interactionally motivated, their spatial articulation is. A learner- and processing-oriented account for both speech and gesture is discussed.}, author = {Gullberg, Marianne }, citeulike-article-id = {510322}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0023-8333.2006.00344.x}, issn = {0023-8333}, journal = {Language Learning}, keywords = {\_d\_, coordination, dialogue}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {155--196}, posted-at = {2007-05-04 02:56:25}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {Handling Discourse: Gestures, Reference Tracking, and Communication Strategies in Early L2}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0023-8333.2006.00344.x}, volume = {56}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - Gullberg2006HandlingDiscourse L3 - citeulike-article-id:510322 N2 - The production of cohesive discourse, especially maintained reference, poses problems for early second language (L2) speakers. This paper considers a communicative account of overexplicit L2 discourse by focusing on the interdependence between spoken and gestural cohesion, the latter being expressed by anchoring of referents in gesture space. Specifically, this study investigates whether overexplicit maintained reference in speech (lexical noun phrases [NPs]) and gesture (anaphoric gestures) constitutes an interactional communication strategy. We examine L2 speech and gestures of 16 Dutch learners of French retelling stories to addressees under two visibility conditions. The results indicate that the overexplicit properties of L2 speech are not motivated by interactional strategic concerns. The results for anaphoric gestures are more complex. Although their presence is not interactionally motivated, their spatial articulation is. A learner- and processing-oriented account for both speech and gesture is discussed. IS - 1 JF - Language Learning SN - 0023-8333 EP - 196 TI - Handling Discourse: Gestures, Reference Tracking, and Communication Strategies in Early L2 PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 56 SP - 155 KW - _d_ KW - coordination KW - dialogue AU - Gullberg, Marianne PY - 2006/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0023-8333.2006.00344.x ER -