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This study explores the development and use of com, a multi-functional discourse marker, by Chinese learners of L2 Korean. Oral production data elicited from 27 Chinese migrant workers at three proficiency levels and five advanced Chinese students were analyzed focusing on the six functions of com: mitigation of request, negative evaluation, statement/excuse, intensification of request, focus, and filler. The patterns observed in the Interlanguage of the Chinese learners were compared with those found in a native Korean corpus. The results are as follows: 1) There appeared very few coms in the migrant workers’ Interlanguage until they reached the advanced level. 2) The first coms were learned as part of prefabricated chunks. 3) Mitigation of request was the first function acquired by the Chinese workers, followed by the filler function. 4) Compared to native speakers, the L2 learners produced fewer coms as intensifiers, but more coms as fillers. 5) The Chinese students with a shorter length of residence than the workers exhibited more diverse uses of com, implying the advantage of formal instruction in acquiring discourse markers.
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discourse marker, com, acquisition of Korean as L2, lexical heterogeneity, multi-functionality
