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Mason A. Wirtz; Simone E. Pfenninger; Irmtraud Kaiser; Andrea Ender – Modern Language Journal, 2024
The present study takes a variationist perspective to explore the varietal repertoires of adult learners of German as a second language (L2), that is, their variable use of standard German, Austro-Bavarian dialect, and mixture varieties. Forty L2 learners completed a virtual reality task involving interactions with dialect-speaking and…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Second Language Learning, Language Variation, German
Aini Li – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examines whether and how psycholinguistic priming, and social knowledge are integrated in the identification of sociolinguistic variants. Using the English variable (ING), the alternation between -ing and -in' (e.g. thinking vs. thinkin') as a testing ground, this dissertation probes whether and how individuals utilize…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Language Variation, Phonology, Psycholinguistics
Jackson, Samantha – First Language, 2023
While monolingual English speakers acquire most pronouns by age 5, acquisition amid prevalent, normative code-mixing, such as in Trinidad, is underexplored. This study examines how Trinidadian 3- to 5-year-olds express third-person subject, object, reflexive and possessive pronouns and factors influencing pronoun choices. Seventy-five preschoolers…
Descriptors: Grammar, Code Switching (Language), Language Usage, English
Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
This study examines nominal derivational affixes in a multilingual practice in the Philippines involving Hokkien, Tagalog, and English called Lánnang-uè. A feature of this practice is the systematic combination of affixes and roots (henceforth, 'system'). Certain morphological combinations (e.g. Tagalog prefixes + English root) are used frequently…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages), Multilingualism
Dozie, Chinomso P.; Chinedu-Oko, Chioma N.; Anyanwu, Patricia N.; Egwim, Favour O.; Otagburuagu, Emeka J. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2022
This article examined the Igbo native speakers' perception of request act as well as the linguistic politeness strategies used to achieve this communicative intention in their conversational English as bilinguals. The study participants were 2748 undergraduate Igbo native speakers purposively selected from different Federal and State Universities…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Native Speakers, African Languages, Undergraduate Students
Travis Evans-Sago – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation explores Spanish copular verbs, "ser" and "estar" (both 'to be' in English), in pre-adjectival contexts within two Spanish varieties: first-language (L1) Chilean speakers from Santiago (N = 29) and second-language (L2) English-speaking learners studying in Chile (N = 31). Bridging sociolinguistics and second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Language Variation, Study Abroad
Cournane, Ailís; Pérez-Leroux, Ana Teresa – Language Learning and Development, 2020
Does language development drive language change? A common account of language change attributes the regularity of certain patterns to children's learning biases. The present study examines these predictions for change-in-progress in the use of "must" in Toronto English. Historically, modal verbs like "must" start with root…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Language Usage, Verbs, Language Variation
Chun, Eunjin; Kaan, Edith – Second Language Research, 2022
Syntactic priming studies in second language (L2) have contributed to understanding how L2 speakers' syntactic knowledge is represented and processed. However, little is known about social influences on L2 speakers' syntactic processing and learning. The present study investigated whether L2 speakers' syntactic priming is influenced by social…
Descriptors: Syntax, North American English, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ureel, Jim J. J.; Diels, Ella; Robert, Isabelle S.; Schrijver, Iris – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2022
As expert intercultural communicators, translators constantly face the challenges of comprehending and producing language that is stylistically appropriate in various communicative contexts. To scale these challenges, they must acquire advanced levels of sociolinguistic competence. Although sociolinguistic competence is considered an essential…
Descriptors: Translation, Sociolinguistics, Undergraduate Students, Indo European Languages
Isabel Deibel – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Mixed languages like Media Lengua incorporate grammar from one source language (here, Quichua) but lexicon from another (here, Spanish). Due to their linguistic profile, they provide a unique window into bilingual language usage and language representation. Drawing on sociolinguistic, structural and psycholinguistic perspectives, the current…
Descriptors: Spanish, American Indian Languages, Code Switching (Language), Task Analysis
Constantinou, Filio – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2020
Written examinations represent one of the most common assessment tools in education. Though typically perceived as measurement instruments, written examinations are primarily texts that perform a communicative function. To complement existing research, this study viewed written examinations as a distinct form of communication (i.e. 'register').…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Theory, Test Items, Item Analysis
Sato, Masatoshi; Storch, Neomy – Language Teaching Research, 2022
Researchers and teachers often invoke context to explain their particular research/teaching issues. However, definitions of context vary widely and the direct impact of the context is often unexplained. Based on research showing contextual differences in second language (L2) learner beliefs and interactional behaviors, the current project compared…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Long, Avizia Yim – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Much of what is known about the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in second language Spanish is based on studies of English-speaking learners. This body of research has demonstrated common pathways in the acquisition of multiple variable structures, as well as how second language learners come to use (or not) Spanish in linguistically and…
Descriptors: Spanish, Korean, Second Language Learning, Sociolinguistics
Boz, Umit – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Much research has examined how different patterns of social interaction shape language learners' interactional roles (e.g., collaborative, dominant, passive) in peer-to-peer conversations. However, little or no research has investigated the co-construction of such roles in multiparty, online task-based dialogues within the framework of discursive…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Discourse Communities, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes
Llinares, Ana, Ed.; Morton, Tom, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2017
This book represents the first collection of studies on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) which brings together a range of perspectives through which CLIL has been investigated within Applied Linguistics. The book aims to show how the four perspectives of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL),…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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