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Beyond advanced stages in high-level spoken L2 French*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2013
Abstract
The aim of this study is twofold: first, to find evidence for additional advanced stages in L2 French. The continuum of Bartning and Schlyter (2004) is taken as a point of departure. It is hypothesized that a number of linguistic criteria will account for high-level proficiency. It was earlier found that besides morpho-syntax, formulaic sequences and information structure are interesting phenomena for highly proficient learners (Bartning, Forsberg and Hancock, 2009). Three more measures are now added, i.e. perceived nativelikeness, lexical richness and fluency.
The second aim of this study is to contribute to the debate on the possibility of nativelike attainment. The study shows that several measures are prone to characterise nativelike performance in highly proficient users among whom some attain nativelikeness.
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The authors would like to thank the editor of this volume and the three anonymous reviewers for valuable contributions which have strengthened and clarified this article. Thanks are also due to Alan McMillion and Nicholas Faraone for improving our English.
Acknowledgements: This research was funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, The Bank of Sweden Tercentary Foundation, contract nr 2005–0459:1. (http://www2.biling.su.se/~AAA/).
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