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Vessey, Rachelle – Applied Linguistics, 2017
This paper outlines how corpus linguistics--and more specifically the corpus-assisted discourse studies approach--can add useful dimensions to studies of language ideology. First, it is argued that the identification of words of high, low, and statistically significant frequency can help in the identification and exploration of language ideologies…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Ideology, Word Frequency, Discourse Analysis
Ordin, Mikhail; Polyanskaya, Leona; Gómez, David Maximiliano; Samuel, Arthur G. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: We investigated whether rhythm discrimination is mainly driven by the native language of the listener or by the fundamental design of the human auditory system and universal cognitive mechanisms shared by all people irrespective of rhythmic patterns in their native language. Method: In multiple experiments, we asked participants to listen…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Spanish, French, German
Paquot, Magali – Second Language Research, 2017
This study investigated French and Spanish EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' preferred use of three-word lexical bundles with discourse or stance-oriented function with a view to exploring the role of first language (L1) frequency effects in foreign language acquisition. Word combinations were extracted from learner performance data…
Descriptors: Native Language, French, Spanish, Second Language Learning
Boberg, Charles – World Englishes, 2012
The variety of English spoken by about half a million people in the Canadian province of Quebec is a minority language in intensive contact with French, the local majority language. This unusual contact situation has produced a unique variety of English which displays many instances of French influence that distinguish it from other types of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Linguistic Borrowing, Language Role, French

Kaplan, Marsha A. – French Review, 1989
A survey of student use of French outside the classroom during a six-week summer abroad program found the language skills and functions most commonly used were not those stressed in the language classroom, including comprehension skills and use of numbers. The survey is recommended for assessing student language needs. (MSE)
Descriptors: French, Language Patterns, Language Role, Measures (Individuals)

Holloway, Charles – Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 1997
Brule and Isleno dialects of Spanish came to Louisiana from the Canary Islands simultaneously in the 18th century but have remained relatively isolated from each other and face extinction. Although they show common evidence of their origin, each has distinctive lexical, phonological, and syntactic features, some from contact with Acadian French or…
Descriptors: English, French, Geographic Distribution, Language Maintenance
Zolondek, Debbie – 1988
An analysis of a corpus of 252 specialized terms relating to the field of videotex, 144 in French and 108 in English, is presented in this document. The methods by which these terms are formed in both languages is examined, focusing on whether the terms have a linguistic basis in the French language or are borrowed from English. The differences…
Descriptors: English, Etymology, Foreign Countries, French
Pecheur, Jacques – Francais dans le Monde, 1993
The author of a new French grammar textbook focusing on the best use of language to express meaning is interviewed. Topics include theories that have influenced the grammarian, distinction between grammar for instruction and grammar for reference purposes, aspects of writing a grammar textbook, and attention given to oral language. (MSE)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Role
Py, Bernard, Ed.; Rubattel, Christian, Ed. – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (TRANEL), 1989
Three papers in linguistics, all in French, are presented. "La delocutivite lexicale en francais standard: esquisse d'un modele derivationnel" ("Lexical Delocutivity in Standard French: Sketch of a Derivational Model"), by Marc Bonhomme, examines the process by which certain expressions become neologisms. "La terminologie…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, French, Geographic Distribution
Paugh, Amy L. – 1999
A study examined language socialization in Dominica (West Indies), focusing on the use of a French-based creole, Patwa, in a situation of linguistic and social change. Despite claims that Patwa is integral to Dominican identity, rural caregivers choose to speak English to language-learning children, contributing to rapid attrition of Patwa.…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Creoles, English

Cartwright, Don – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
Discusses changes in language contacts that are evolving in Quebec between the minority Anglophones and the French-speaking majority. Census data analyses and field research studies indicate that the pattern of language usage among Anglophones is altering in favor of French, indicating capabilities for and attitudes toward greater participation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, English, Ethnic Groups
Woods, David R. – 1994
A study investigated four issues in language usage in the Republic of Congo: (1) the extent of intergenerational language shift; (2) patterns in language repertoire; (3) patterns of language usage among four generations, four topics of conversation, and four different locations; and (4) language usage differences in age groups. The languages…
Descriptors: African Languages, Age Differences, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Kwofie, Emmanuel N. – 1977
This is a reflection on certain aspects of sociolinguistic and linguistic problems of French in West Africa, particularly in Senegal and the Ivory Coast. The sociolinguistic section discusses the role French has played in Africa and still plays vis-a-vis African languages and English. Conditions in which French is used and attitudes both of…
Descriptors: Dialects, French, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns
Brown, Gordon – Tennessee Foreign Language Bulletin, 1966
The history, linguistic development, and chief characteristics of the French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish languages are presented in short, informative sketches as guidelines for foreign language study. The article also briefly analyzes major literary works and cultural highlights of areas where the languages are spoken. (DS)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Foreign Culture, French, German
Crago, Martha; Genesee, Fred – 1996
A study investigated language choice within families in a small (population 1,100) Inuit community in rural northern Quebec province (Canada). Since the settlement's formation 40 years ago, the population has become increasingly interethnic, with people speaking a mixture of Inuktitut, English, and French. Subjects were 23 couples with children…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Eskimo Aleut Languages, Family Environment, Family Influence
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