The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence in a Study Abroad Context

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84769-156-9
Verlag: Multilingual Matters Limited

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 206 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Regan, Vera

Howard, Martin

Lemée, Isabelle

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 – Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation

Chapter 2 – Linguistic Outcomes of Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context

Chapter 3 – Extralinguistic Factors Affecting L2 Development during Study Abroad

Chapter 4 – The Research Project: An Overview

Chapter 5 – The Acquisition of ne Deletion by Irish Learners of French

Chapter 6 – The Variable Use of Nous/On by Irish Learners of French

Chapter 7 – The Acquisition of /l/ deletion by Irish Year Abroad Speakers of French

Chapter 8 – The Variable Use of Future Temporal Reference

Chapter 9 – The Role of Gender in the Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence in an L2 During the Year Abroad

Chapter 10 – Spending a Year Abroad: Do we Acquire Sociolinguistic Competence?

Über Autor(innen)

Howard, Martin
Martin Howard is Head of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at University College Cork, Ireland. His research interests include study abroad, second language acquisition and sociolinguistics. He is Chair of the European COST Action, ‘Study Abroad Research in European Perspective’.

Lemée, Isabelle
Isabelle Lemée is Assistant Lecturer in the Department of French at St Patrick's College in Ireland. Her research focuses on Second Language Acquisition, as well as on Canadian Studies. She is currently the Secretary of the Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland. She is also on the Committee of the Association for French Language Studies and the Association of Applied French (AFA).