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The Development of a Regional Phonological Feature during a Semester Abroad in Argentina
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Pozzi, Rebecca; Bayley, Robert – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
Although recent research suggests that gains are made in the acquisition of dialectal features during study abroad, the few studies that have been conducted on this topic in Spanish-speaking contexts have focused primarily on features characteristic of Spain. This article examines the L2 acquisition of phonological features characteristic of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonology, Spanish, Study Abroad
Individual Differences in the Acquisition of Language-Specific and Dialect-Specific Allophones of Intervocalic /d/ by L2 and Heritage Spanish Speakers Studying Abroad in Sevilla
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Regan, Brendan – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study examines the role of language proficiency and other individual factors (attitudes, input) in the acquisition of language-specific [ð] and dialect-specific [Ø] allophones of Spanish intervocalic /d/ in the /ado/ context by L2 and heritage Spanish speakers during a short-term study abroad in Sevilla, Spain. Twenty L2-intermediate, 10…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Contact, Context, and Collocation: The Emergence of Sociostylistic Variation in L2 French Learners during Study Abroad
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Terry, Kristen M. Kennedy – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
This study uses a mixed-effects model to examine the acquisition of targetlike patterns of phonological variation by 17 English-speaking learners of French during study abroad in France. Naturalistic speech data provide evidence for the incipient acquisition of a phonological variable showing sociostylistic variation in native speaker speech: the…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Study Abroad, Phonology
A Dynamic Look at L2 Phonological Learning: Seeking Processing Explanations for Implicational Phenomena
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Trofimovich, Pavel; Gatbonton, Elizabeth; Segalowitz, Norman – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
This study investigates whether second language (L2) phonological learning can be characterized as a gradual and systematically patterned replacement of nonnative segments by native segments in learners' speech, conforming to a two-stage implicational scale. We adopt a dynamic approach to language variation based on Gatbonton's (1975, 1978)…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Phonetics, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Phonological Similarity, Markedness, and Rate of L2 Acquisition.
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Major, Roy C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Investigates the interrelationship of several factors--phonological similarity between L1 and L2, transfer, and markedness as they relate to the acquisition of two English vowel phonemes by native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Phonetic and phonological similarity between L1 and L2 appear to be important factors. (LMO)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Non-Native Varieties of English: Nativization, Norms, and Implications.
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Lowenberg, Peter H. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986
Demonstrates how nonnative varieties of English are distinct from interlanguages or approximate systems of "established" varieties of English. Two strategies are examined: (1) the generalization of rules found in the established varieties of English and (2) the transfer into English of linguistic features from learners' other languages.…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Language Usage