Date: 12-May-2009 From: Elinor Robertson <marketingmultilingual-matters.com> Subject: The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence in a Study Abroad Context: Regan, Howard, Lemée E-mail this message to a friend
Title: The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence in a Study Abroad Context
Series Title: Second Language Acquisition
Published: 2009
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Author: Vera Regan
Author: Martin Howard
Author: Isabelle Lemée
Hardback: ISBN: 1847691579 9781847691576 Pages: 184 Price: U.S. $ 99.95
Hardback: ISBN: 1847691579 9781847691576 Pages: 184 Price: U.K. £ 59.95
Paperback: ISBN: 1847691560 9781847691569 Pages: 184 Price: U.K. £ 24.95
Paperback: ISBN: 1847691560 9781847691569 Pages: 184 Price: U.S. $ 44.95
Abstract:
This volume explores the relationship between 'study abroad' and the acquisition of 'sociolinguistic competence' - the ability to communicate in socially appropriate ways. The volume looks at language development and use during study abroad in France by examining patterns of variation in the speech of advanced L2 speakers. Within a variationist paradigm, fine-grained empirical analyses of speech illuminate choices the L2 speaker makes in relation to their new identity, gender patterns, closeness or distance maintained in the social context in which they find themselves. Using both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, four variable features of contemporary spoken French are analysed in a large population of advanced Irish-English speakers of French. This close-up picture provides empirical evidence by which to evaluate the wide-spread assumption that Study Abroad is highly beneficial for second language learning.
Linguistic Field(s):
Language Acquisition
Sociolinguistics
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