Lexico-Grammatical Features

PDF #79 – Serap Önen – Lexico-Grammatical Features of English as a Lingua Franca A Corpus-Based Study on Spoken Interactions, 2014, Istambul

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The growth of English into a lingua franca has inevitably created linguistic deviations and innovations in the use of English. These emerging uses that result from the need and preferences of speakers whose mother tongues are all different can be broadly identified as lexico-grammatical and pronunciation features and they compose one of the main arteries of study in English as lingua franca communication.