Series | SAIL
Edited book | Policies and Practices for Linguistic Education, Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication
Chapter | Ruolo del transfer e strategie di rifiuto in apprendenti ispanofoni di italiano L2

Ruolo del transfer e strategie di rifiuto in apprendenti ispanofoni di italiano L2

Uno studio esplorativo

This exploratory study examines strategies of refusals in two groups of peninsular and Ecuadorian Spanish learners of Italian, attending university courses in Italy. The aim of the investigation is to explore the type, the order and the frequency of refusals and the role of transfer in situations characterized by different role relationships among interactants. Data was collected using a Discourse Completion Task and a retrospective interview. Results show that Ecuadorian learners sometimes transfer their L1 patterns into the L2. Outcomes are discussed in light of studies on Politeness Theory.


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Submitted: Oct. 16, 2020 | Published: May 24, 2021 | Language: it

Keywords Second language acquisition Transfer Refusals Hispanic learners Politeness

Copyright © 2021 Anna De Marco. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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