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Acquisition of sociolinguistic awareness by German learners of English : a study in perceptions of quotative be like
Davydova, Julia
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Tytus, Agnieszka Ewa
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Schleef, Erik
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DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2017-0011
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URL:
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https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ling.2017.55.issu...
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Document Type:
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Article
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Year of publication:
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2017
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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Linguistics
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Volume:
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55
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Issue number:
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4
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Page range:
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783-812
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Place of publication:
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Berlin [u.a.]
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Publishing house:
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Mouton de Gruyter
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ISSN:
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0024-3949 , 1613-396X
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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School of Humanities > Anglistik I - Anglistische Linguistik (Tracy 1995-2019)
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Subject:
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400 Language, linguistics
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Abstract:
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This article examines the perception of the quotatives be like and say among German learners of English. We compare their evaluations with findings made for native-speakers of English (Buchstaller 2014). We also attempt to
pinpoint the factors underlying successful acquisition of social judgements on variation. Data comes from written verbal guise tests in which participants
rated stimuli doublets, each containing only one of the quotative variants, on multiple social attribute scales. Broadly, learner evaluations seem to match those of native speakers, in that speakers using be like are considered more fashionable, extroverted, etc. and less educated, pleasant, etc. than speakers using say. Learners have also developed notions about typical users of the two quotatives. We argue that the acquisition of social meanings is mediated by a combination of factors that involve, among others, proficiency and length of
time spent abroad and potentially interlanguage processes that result in the creation of new meanings. Moreover, we suggest that the learners re-analyze the native-like meanings attached to linguistic variants in their L2 grammars and create new meanings that draw on resources available in their learner ecology. We call this interlanguage ideological extension. Finally, the paper
raises the question of the role played by the local – German – language ideologies in the development of L2 social meanings, and points to the urgent
need for further experimental work on interlanguage attitudes.
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