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Direct linkGudmestad, Aarnes – Language Learning, 2012
This investigation connects issues in second language (L2) acquisition to topics in quantitative sociolinguistics by exploring the relationship between native-speaker (NS) and L2 variation. It is the first large-scale analysis of L2 mood use (the subjunctive-indicative contrast) in Spanish. It applies variationist findings on the range of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Semantics, Interlanguage, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedGuiora, Alexander Z. – Language Learning, 1983
Considers the acquisition of native language and foreign language as complementary aspects of one basic cognitive-affective schema, interacting and conflicting with each other in a variety of ways. In addition, an illumination of the psychological processes impinging on one can shed light, in a reciprocal way, on the other. (SL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Context, Language Acquisition, Language Processing
Strategies for Requesting in Spanish and English: Structural Similarities and Pragmatic Differences.
Peer reviewedWalters, Joel – Language Learning, 1979
The same semantic strategies for requesting are available in Spanish and English. Bilingual children use more polite strategies in speaking Spanish and more neutral ones in speaking English. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
