Chapter 3. Role of social interaction abroad in the L2 acquisition of sociolinguistic variation
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Nofiya Denbaum
Abstract
Previous studies have concluded that second language learners (L2Ls) are capable of acquiring sociolinguistic variation. Since previous studies have found conflicting evidence on the effect that social interaction abroad has on the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation, the present study addresses this gap by including measures of this individual difference. Participants consist of students from a large US university who participate in a 6-week study abroad program in Santiago, Dominican Republic, compared to an at-home group. Participants completed a Study Abroad Social Interaction Questionnaire (SASIQ) and written contextualized tasks. The main purpose of the study is to examine whether students approach local norms of subject expression after studying abroad and what role social interaction abroad has in the acquisition process.
Abstract
Previous studies have concluded that second language learners (L2Ls) are capable of acquiring sociolinguistic variation. Since previous studies have found conflicting evidence on the effect that social interaction abroad has on the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation, the present study addresses this gap by including measures of this individual difference. Participants consist of students from a large US university who participate in a 6-week study abroad program in Santiago, Dominican Republic, compared to an at-home group. Participants completed a Study Abroad Social Interaction Questionnaire (SASIQ) and written contextualized tasks. The main purpose of the study is to examine whether students approach local norms of subject expression after studying abroad and what role social interaction abroad has in the acquisition process.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Geographic variation of voseo on Spanish Twitter 7
- Chapter 2. Organic models for measuring Spanish learners’ linguistic complexity 39
- Chapter 3. Role of social interaction abroad in the L2 acquisition of sociolinguistic variation 63
- Chapter 4. The effect of grammatical person on subject pronoun expression in the oral narratives of Spanish second language learners 85
- Chapter 5. Pied-piping in degree wh-clauses in Spanish 109
- Chapter 6. Degree, time and focus 133
- Chapter 7. Neural evidence for the processing of referential ambiguity and referential failure in Spanish 153
- Chapter 8. The overt pronoun penalty for plural anaphors in Spanish 175
- Chapter 9. On the origins of Portuguese para form variation 189
- Chapter 10. Developing epistemic meaning 215
- Chapter 11. The acquisition of personal a among Chinese-speaking L2 learners of Spanish 233
- Chapter 12. Proposing a tripartite intensifier system 253
- Chapter 13. Public signage in a multilingual Caribbean enclave 273
- Chapter 14. No es tan simple como parece 295
- Chapter 15. The acquisition of obligatory and variable mood selection in epistemic predicates by L2 learners and heritage speakers of Spanish 319
- Index 343
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Geographic variation of voseo on Spanish Twitter 7
- Chapter 2. Organic models for measuring Spanish learners’ linguistic complexity 39
- Chapter 3. Role of social interaction abroad in the L2 acquisition of sociolinguistic variation 63
- Chapter 4. The effect of grammatical person on subject pronoun expression in the oral narratives of Spanish second language learners 85
- Chapter 5. Pied-piping in degree wh-clauses in Spanish 109
- Chapter 6. Degree, time and focus 133
- Chapter 7. Neural evidence for the processing of referential ambiguity and referential failure in Spanish 153
- Chapter 8. The overt pronoun penalty for plural anaphors in Spanish 175
- Chapter 9. On the origins of Portuguese para form variation 189
- Chapter 10. Developing epistemic meaning 215
- Chapter 11. The acquisition of personal a among Chinese-speaking L2 learners of Spanish 233
- Chapter 12. Proposing a tripartite intensifier system 253
- Chapter 13. Public signage in a multilingual Caribbean enclave 273
- Chapter 14. No es tan simple como parece 295
- Chapter 15. The acquisition of obligatory and variable mood selection in epistemic predicates by L2 learners and heritage speakers of Spanish 319
- Index 343
