Abstract

Discursive completion tasks (now DCT) are frequently used in pragmatics for corpus collection. In the field of phonetics, although its use is not as pervasive, an increase has been observed in recent years. The following review describes the DCT task from the point of view of its origin and structure, as well as refers to the application of this instrument in the field of L1 and L2 pragmatics and phonetics. To conclude, some suggestions to consider for the collection of oral corpora of L2 learners in the field of phonetics applied to second languages are introduced.