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Dialect-Specific Modes Influence Second Language Production: Evidence from Bidialectal Shanghai-Mandarin Chinese Learners of English within the Second Language Linguistic Perception Model
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Xiaoluan Liu; Lan Bai; Paola Escudero – Language Learning, 2025
The present study investigates the impact of bidialectalism on L2 production, focusing on the role of dialect modes. Shanghai-Mandarin Chinese bidialectal speakers were recruited to produce second language (L2) English vowels under the influence of either Shanghai or Mandarin Chinese mode. Results showed that in the Shanghai mode, participants'…
Descriptors: Dialects, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Mandarin Chinese
Rhetorical and Communicative Styles in the New Varieties of English.
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Richards, Jack C. – Language Learning, 1979
Describes the processes by which distinctive varieties of English develop in areas where English functions as a second language. The distinctions between rhetorical and communicative norms for speech events in these varieties are discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, English, Language Styles
A Language without Borders: English Slang and Bulgarian Learners of English
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Charkova, Krassimira D. – Language Learning, 2007
This study investigated the acquisition of English slang in a foreign language context. The participants were 101 Bulgarian learners of English, 58 high school students, and 43 university students. The instrument included knowledge tests of English slang terms and questions about attitudes, sources, reasons, and methods employed in learning…
Descriptors: Slavic Languages, Discriminant Analysis, English (Second Language), High School Students