Acquiring intensifier variation abroad: Exploringmuyandbienin Spain and Mexico
| Autor: | Vanessa Elias, Rebecca Clay, Matthew Kanwit |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Latin Americans 06 humanities and the arts Study abroad Intensifier 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences Geography Second language 0602 languages and literature Ethnology 0305 other medical science Second language instruction Competence (human resources) Parallels Contrastive linguistics |
| Zdroj: | Foreign Language Annals. 51:455-471 |
| ISSN: | 0015-718X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/flan.12335 |
| Popis: | Research on nativelike variation in second language (L2) systems indicates that learners studying abroad may adapt to regional norms as they build sociolinguistic competence (e.g., Kanwit & Solon, 2013; Salgado‐Robles, 2014). Spanish exhibits variation between the intensifiers muy [very] and bien [very] across numerous dialects. Recent research has shown greater preference for bien in Latin America than in Spain (Brown & Cortes‐Torres, 2013; Kanwit, Teran, & Pisabarro Sarrio, 2017). Nevertheless, variable intensification in L2 Spanish remains uninvestigated. Data showed that learners studying in Merida, Mexico, selected bien significantly more than did learners in Oviedo, Spain, at the conclusion of a 6‐week stay abroad. This parallels the significantly higher selection on the same task by local Spaniards compared to local Mexican native speakers. Nonetheless, independent linguistic variables played a less straightforward role. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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