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Rácz, Péter; Hay, Jennifer B.; Pierrehumbert, Janet B. – Language Learning, 2020
In this study, we investigated the learning of indexical features by English-speaking adults using a novel experimental paradigm. In a conceptual replication of Rácz, Hay, and Pierrehumbert (2017), participants learned an allomorphy pattern cued by a given social context. The social contexts were represented by conversation partners who differed…
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Generalization, Second Language Learning, Age Differences
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Back, Michele – Language Learning, 2011
Using data from a multisited ethnography of Ecuadorian transnational musicians, I applied Lave and Wenger's (1991) concept of legitimate peripheral participation and Jacoby and Ochs's (1995) notion of co-construction to examine two musicians' attempts to learn Quichua, an Ecuadorian indigenous language. Through an analysis aided by constructivist…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning), Ethnicity, Ethnography