Chapter 9. Variation in choice of prepositions with place names on the French L1–L2 continuum in Ontario, Canada
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Katherine Rehner
Abstract
This study examines the use of prepositions à (‘in/to’), au (‘in the/to the’), and en (‘in/to’) with place names across the French first-language – second-language continuum in Ontario, Canada. The study draws on speech corpora collected among seven groups of students who use French and English to varying extents in daily life. Choice of expected prepositions in French is determined by complex rules reflecting a place name’s category and morphological and phonological properties, while in English it reflects the ‘+/– motion’ feature of the verb. The findings reveal that rates of expected preposition use are influenced to varying extents by the relative difficulty of the prepositions, the students’ position on the continuum, their individual use of French, and their susceptibility to the influence of inter-systemic transfer.
Abstract
This study examines the use of prepositions à (‘in/to’), au (‘in the/to the’), and en (‘in/to’) with place names across the French first-language – second-language continuum in Ontario, Canada. The study draws on speech corpora collected among seven groups of students who use French and English to varying extents in daily life. Choice of expected prepositions in French is determined by complex rules reflecting a place name’s category and morphological and phonological properties, while in English it reflects the ‘+/– motion’ feature of the verb. The findings reveal that rates of expected preposition use are influenced to varying extents by the relative difficulty of the prepositions, the students’ position on the continuum, their individual use of French, and their susceptibility to the influence of inter-systemic transfer.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- List of tables ix
- List of figures xiii
- Acknowledgements xv
- Editors and contributors xvii
- Chapter 1. Variation and second language acquisition 1
- Chapter 2. An investigation of the use of the multifunctional particle ‑ le by second language learners of Mandarin Chinese 15
- Chapter 3. Production and evaluation of sociolinguistic variation in Mandarin Chinese among children in Singapore 43
- Chapter 4. Cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of L3 variation 71
- Chapter 5. What can Cantonese heritage speakers tell us about age of acquisition, linguistic dominance, and sociophonetic variation? 97
- Chapter 6. Spanish rhotic variation and development in uninstructed immersion 127
- Chapter 7. Linguistic variation and second language Spanish 159
- Chapter 8. Acquiring sociolinguistic competence during study abroad 199
- Chapter 9. Variation in choice of prepositions with place names on the French L1–L2 continuum in Ontario, Canada 223
- Chapter 10. Variation, identity and language attitudes 253
- Chapter 11. Sociostylistic variation in L2 French 279
- Chapter 12. Differential object marking in heritage and homeland Italian 311
- Chapter 13. On (not) acquiring a sociolinguistic stereotype 337
- Author index 359
- Subject index 363
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- List of tables ix
- List of figures xiii
- Acknowledgements xv
- Editors and contributors xvii
- Chapter 1. Variation and second language acquisition 1
- Chapter 2. An investigation of the use of the multifunctional particle ‑ le by second language learners of Mandarin Chinese 15
- Chapter 3. Production and evaluation of sociolinguistic variation in Mandarin Chinese among children in Singapore 43
- Chapter 4. Cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of L3 variation 71
- Chapter 5. What can Cantonese heritage speakers tell us about age of acquisition, linguistic dominance, and sociophonetic variation? 97
- Chapter 6. Spanish rhotic variation and development in uninstructed immersion 127
- Chapter 7. Linguistic variation and second language Spanish 159
- Chapter 8. Acquiring sociolinguistic competence during study abroad 199
- Chapter 9. Variation in choice of prepositions with place names on the French L1–L2 continuum in Ontario, Canada 223
- Chapter 10. Variation, identity and language attitudes 253
- Chapter 11. Sociostylistic variation in L2 French 279
- Chapter 12. Differential object marking in heritage and homeland Italian 311
- Chapter 13. On (not) acquiring a sociolinguistic stereotype 337
- Author index 359
- Subject index 363
