Acquisition of sociolinguistic awareness by German learners of English: A study in perceptions of quotative be like

Davydova, Julia; Tytus, Agnieszka Ewa; Schleef, Erik

doi:10.1515/ling-2017-0011

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“…The negative comments accompanying the spread of be like may explain why this variant has been adopted only to a modest degree by the two L2 populations studied here. That ESL and EFL learners are generally aware of the negative connotations attached to quotative be like has been reported in Davydova (2019) and Davydova, Tytus, & Schleef (2017).…”

Section: Sociocognitive Saliencesupporting

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The role of sociocognitive salience in the acquisition of structured variation and linguistic diffusion: Evidence from quotativebe like

Davydova

2020

Lang. Soc.

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Quotative be like is a much discussed variable linguistic feature recruited in this investigation in order to revisit the hypothesis of linguistic diffusion (Labov 2007) predicting re-ordering of original patterns by L2 populations. As a sociocognitively salient variant spreading above the level of conscious awareness, be like has been appropriated by adult speakers from two distinctive L2 English ecologies with a high degree of precision, a finding previously not reported in studies exploring the acquisition of structured variation. In this article, I explain how, supported by frequency and constraint complexity, sociocognitive salience may have contributed to the generally accurate replication of the variable grammar for be like and, by this token, how it can inform existing models of language change. (Sociocognitive salience, linguistic diffusion, L2 acquisition of structured variation, variationist sociolinguistics, World Englishes, be like)

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Section: Sociocognitive Saliencesupporting

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The role of sociocognitive salience in the acquisition of structured variation and linguistic diffusion: Evidence from quotativebe like

Davydova

2020

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“…However, this study was not only on quotative be like but also on like as focuser (a function of the form when used as a discourse marker; see, for example, Fuller, 2003, for discussion), and these were not separated in the part dealing with perception and attitudes. Buchstaller (2006b) expanded the study of perception and attitudes to the UK and has furthermore (Buchstaller, 2014) presented a comparative study with US as well as UK respondents, whose approach has been replicated by Davydova, Tytus, and Schleef (2017) in a study of perceptions of be like by German learners. Höhn (2011) includes the results of a survey in Jamaica.…”

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Quotativebe likein Trinidadian English

2020

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This paper studies the sociolinguistics of quotative be like in Trinidad and its relation to Trinidadian English Creole (TrinEC). Corpus evidence shows a significant association of be like use and young age as well as female gender, in line with global trends. Questionnaire data reveal that it does not detract from the perception of a speaker as educated and of high social status as long as utterances are grammatically standardized English (StE). TrinEC grammar triggers contrasting perceptions but the data also point to traditional social prejudice against TrinEC being transcended. This ties in with the finding that be like users tend not actually to be averse to using TrinEC. Overall the sociolinguistics of be like in Trinidad is shaped by global trends as well as the local sociolinguistic configuration.

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“…On the other hand, computational models, by their very nature, provide simplified windows on the complex phenomena they seek to illuminate. Aspects of language learning that are ignored by our simulations include various strategic effects (Mosca, 2019), the many social factors influencing which language is most appropriate for communication (Davydova et al, 2017), and the role of meta-linguistic knowledge (Falk et al, 2015).…”

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Bilingual and multilingual mental lexicon: a modeling study with Linear Discriminative Learning

Chuang¹,

Bell²,

Isabelle³

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This study addresses the question of whether there is anything special about learning a third language, as compared to learning a second language, just by virtue of the third language being the third language acquired, and independently of the specific properties of the third language. We used computational modeling to explore this question for the learning of a small vocabulary of some 400 words, with English as L1, German or Mandarin as L2, and Mandarin and alternatively Dutch, as L3. For computational modeling, we made use of the mathematical framework of linear discriminative learning, which we extended with the learning rule of Widrow-Hoff to enable the modeling of incremental learning of the mappings between form and meaning when words' meanings are represented by vectors of real numbers (embeddings) rather than by abstract symbolic units. A series of simulation experiments covering single-language learning, bilingual learning, and finally trilingual learning, clarified that within the framework of discrimination learning, within-language homophones give rise to frailty in comprehension that in turn for production gives rise to semantic errors in L1, and language intrusions in L2 and L3. Our model correctly predicts production to lag behind comprehension in learning, and it clarified that, within the boundaries of discrimination learning, the properties of the L3 crucially determine whether L3 learning appears to involve a language that is `dormant' with respect to L1 and L2. Qualitatively surprisingly different patterns of acquisition of the L3, and its interactions with L1 and L2, can arise in our simulations without any changes in the mathematics driving learning. Our simulations also show that when words' forms incorporate not only segmental but also suprasegmental information, the nature of errors that arise in production changes. In the general discussion, we reflect on the implications of our findings for the question of what is special about multilingualism.

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Acquisition of sociolinguistic awareness by German learners of English: A study in perceptions of quotative be like

Abstract: This article examines the perception of the quotatives

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

The role of sociocognitive salience in the acquisition of structured variation and linguistic diffusion: Evidence from quotativebe like

The role of sociocognitive salience in the acquisition of structured variation and linguistic diffusion: Evidence from quotativebe like

Quotativebe likein Trinidadian English

Bilingual and multilingual mental lexicon: a modeling study with Linear Discriminative Learning

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