TheSociolinguistic Competence of Immersion Students

Mougeon, Raymond; Nadasdi, Terry; Rehner, Katherine

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“…In contrast, the more frequent use of the periphrastic form among the study abroad learners (Group 2), compared to their Group 1 and 3 peers, reflects a similar tendency observed in the literature for the beneficial effect of naturalistic exposure on the acquisition of such informal sociolinguistic variants (see Rehner et al 2003;Dewaele 2004;Howard 2006b;Mougeon et al 2010;and Howard et al 2013, for discussion of use of sociolinguistic variants by classroom and immersion learners, and of the role of naturalistic exposure in the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation).…”

Section: Arborescences Revue D'études Françaises Issn: 1925-5357 112supporting

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“…Le présent article s'intéresse au défi acquisitionnel que présente le choix entre les trois formes pour l'apprenant L2, en s'appuyant sur une analyse quantitative d'apprenants irlandais du français en salle de classe et en immersion. Comme des études antérieures d'autres variables (voir, par exemple, Dewaele 2004 ;Mougeon et al 2010), nos résultats indiquent un effet important de l'exposition naturaliste aux normes des locuteurs natifs quant à l'expression du futur, d'une part, et de la variété de la langue-cible à laquelle les apprenants sont exposés, d'autre part.…”

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“…The expression of futurity in target language French offers an interesting area of study in L2 acquisition, given that the L2 development of the morphological means used to express futurity illuminates not solely the learner's grammatical development, but also his/her sociolinguistic development in appropriating the native speaker's variation patterns underlying the use of such means in French (see Dewaele 2004;Mougeon et al 2010;Howard et al 2013). In terms of the difficulty that the expression of futurity poses, the learner is therefore faced with a twofold challenge.…”

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At the Interface between Sociolinguistic and Grammatical Development: The Expression of Futurity in L2 French

Howard

2015

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As an example of socio-grammatical variation in target language French, the morphological variation at work in the expression of futurity constitutes an interesting area to intricately relate the L2 learner’s sociolinguistic and grammatical development. This conceptual entity is all the more interesting since previous studies of this variable in native speaker French point to a certain discrepancy between prescriptive and sociolinguistic norms in the speaker’s choice between the inflected and periphrastic forms as well as in the use of the present to mark futurity, whereby the prescriptively hypothesized semantic restrictions on the use of each form are not seen to be upheld in real language usage. This paper is concerned with the acquisition challenge that such a threefold choice poses to the L2 learner of French, based on a quantitative cross-sectional analysis of Irish instructed and study abroad learners of French. Reflecting previous studies of other variables (see, for example, Dewaele 2004; Mougeon et al. 2010), results suggest an important effect for naturalistic exposure on the acquisition of native speaker norms surrounding the expression of futurity, as well as for the actual target language variety to which the learners are exposed.

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Section: Arborescences Revue D'études Françaises Issn: 1925-5357 112supporting

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At the Interface between Sociolinguistic and Grammatical Development: The Expression of Futurity in L2 French

Howard

2015

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“…A slightly different pattern emerged for LX users, with male LX users reporting a better understanding of the word and claiming more frequent use than female LX users. Understanding was similar between men and women among LX users, possibly because they had not yet been able to pick up the gender differences in interactions, a phenomenon also observed among male and female LX users in an immersion context (Mougeon et al 2010). LX users seem to have accommodated toward the L1 users' gender patterns in frequency of use of the word.…”

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“…The higher offensiveness ratings of "cunt" by more highly educated participants do not seem to be linked to a better understanding of the word but rather how the word is perceived in their specific speech community. LX users typically need more time to distinguish subtle social and gender differences in the use of LX (Mougeon et al 2010).…”

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“Cunt”: On the perception and handling of verbal dynamite by L1 and LX users of English

Dewaele

2018

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"Cunt" is currently one of the most offensive words in the English language and is usually censored in the English press and media. The present study looks firstly at differences between 1159 first (L1) and 1165 foreign (LX) users of English in their perceived understanding of the word, its perceived offensiveness and their self-reported frequency of use. Secondly, it considers the relationships between the dependent variables and a number of psychological, sociobiographical and linguistic profile variables. The findings suggest that LX users are less sure about the exact meaning of the word, underestimate its offensiveness and use it less frequently than L1 users. Links between understanding of the word and its perceived offensiveness vary for L1 and LX users. High levels of Extraversion, Neuroticism and Psychoticism were linked to more frequent use of the word, as were lower levels of education, a younger age, being a male and working in a swearing-rich environment for both L1 and LX users. Variation in the group of LX users was linked to age of onset of acquisition of English, context of acquisition, self-reported oral proficiency, frequency of use of English and having lived in an English-speaking environment.

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The Emergence of Sociolinguistic Competence in L2 Classroom Interaction

Compernolle¹

2015

The Handbook of Classroom Discourse and Interaction

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TheSociolinguistic Competence of Immersion Students

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At the Interface between Sociolinguistic and Grammatical Development: The Expression of Futurity in L2 French

At the Interface between Sociolinguistic and Grammatical Development: The Expression of Futurity in L2 French

“Cunt”: On the perception and handling of verbal dynamite by L1 and LX users of English

The Emergence of Sociolinguistic Competence in L2 Classroom Interaction

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