Chapter 11. Developmental sociolinguistics and the acquisition of T-glottalling by immigrant teenagers in London

Schleef, Erik

doi:10.1075/silv.20.11sch

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“…In the future, it will be interesting to explore further which aspects of language‐internal variability are amenable to wholesale replication in newly evolving ‘non‐native’ speaker varieties. Much of the sociolinguistic argument defending the supremacy of face‐to‐face interactions in scenarios involving language contact and second language (dialect) acquisition relies on evidence stemming from phonological variables (Labov, ; Schleef, ; Schleef, Meyerhoff, & Clark, ). These nearly always show highly complex conditioning, involving not only (in some cases highly detailed) phonetic conditioning, but also laborious patterns of morphosyntactic and lexical conditioning.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quotative like in the Englishes of the Outer and Expanding Circles

Davydova

2019

World Englishes

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The study aims at revising the major dichotomy between the Outer and Expanding Circles respectively. Taking the traditional sociolinguistic model of world Englishes as a starting point of discussion, I discuss the argument that classical macrosociolinguistic descriptions of linguistic varieties are helpful accounts that have also proven to be useful heuristic devices in the study of global variation as it is attested in English. Taking the linguistic variable ‘quotatives’ for illustration, I show that the patterns of use of innovative be like are uniform in the speech of young adults with elevated levels of exposure to mass media products and apply across the Outer and Expanding Circle English board. I conclude that the careful study of users’ individual profiles in a given sociolinguistic environment also holds the key to a nuanced understanding of the major sociolinguistic and sociocognitive determinants underlying the emergence of the new forms of English.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Quotative like in the Englishes of the Outer and Expanding Circles

Davydova

2019

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“…Our assumed knowledge of the social meaning of T-glottalling is derived largely from macro-sociological production data. Micro-analyses of (t) that explore more nuanced social evaluation in production data, as in Kirkham and Moore’s (2016) study of (t) in Ed Miliband’s speeches or Schleef’s (forthcoming) study of immigrant teenagers in London, remain the exception. Based on the summary above, I could expect T-glottalling to be associated with working-class speech as well as that of young people.…”

Section: Social Meaning and T-glottallingmentioning

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Social Meanings across Listener Groups

Schleef

2017

Journal of English Linguistics

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This study compares the group-specific evaluations of (t) in Greater Manchester, England, with those of (ing) published in a previous study. The comparison is based on a set of perception surveys, in which study participants listened to manipulated audio stimuli and rated them on a series of scales. In contrast to findings for (ing), the social characteristics of listeners are not pertinent to the evaluation of (t): most social meanings associated with (t) are shared across the Greater Manchester population. It is argued that this is due to the pronounced attitude strength of T-glottalling in this particular region.

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“…Polish migrants’ acquisition of t ‐glottaling was found to be affected by their length of residence in the United Kingdom (Schleef , Drummond ). Schleef (forthcoming) argues that the acquisition of this variable proceeds in steps, with the linguistic and social constraints being adopted incrementally. By the third year of residence, Polish migrants were found to approximate the t ‐glottaling patterns produced by their native‐born peers and to replicate many of the linguistic constraints on t ‐glottaling.…”

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“…The acquisition of native‐like linguistic constraints goes hand in hand with the acquisition of stylistic variation for t ‐glottaling, but this effect is not consistent across studies. In the work of Meyerhoff and Schleef (), conversational style favors t ‐glottaling compared to a reading style, but in the work of Schleef (forthcoming), the effect of style goes in the opposite direction. It appears, however, that Polish migrant teenagers employ t ‐glottaling to express a range of styles/personae.…”

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“…It appears, however, that Polish migrant teenagers employ t ‐glottaling to express a range of styles/personae. Schleef (forthcoming) argues that the absence of t ‐glottaling correlates with a Polish ethnic orientation, but not only. T ‐glottaling is produced by Poles who seem to be oriented toward the local youth culture, rather than toward the average British culture, or toward Poland.…”

Section: Case Study: United Kingdommentioning

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Language Variation in the Diaspora: Polish Immigrant Communities in the U.S. and the U.K.

Newlin-Łukowicz

2015

Language and Linguist. Compass

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Ethnicity has long been known to affect language variation. However, existing studies have overwhelmingly focused on the speech of the largest, non‐White minority groups and have rarely investigated within‐group variation. In this paper, I review sociolinguistic studies of a White minority group in two different settings and argue that the study of sociolinguistic variation across and within minority groups can help disentangle and systematize the effect of ethnicity on language. I focus on reports of linguistic variation for Polish immigrants in the United States (a case of sustained, long‐term immigration) and in the United Kingdom (a case of recent migration with indefinite plans for long‐term residence). Through these two case studies, I illustrate that a strong Polish identity affects speakers’ adoption of regional variation in English.

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Chapter 11. Developmental sociolinguistics and the acquisition of T-glottalling by immigrant teenagers in London

Cited by 15 publications

References 43 publications

Quotative like in the Englishes of the Outer and Expanding Circles

Quotative like in the Englishes of the Outer and Expanding Circles

Social Meanings across Listener Groups

Language Variation in the Diaspora: Polish Immigrant Communities in the U.S. and the U.K.

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