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Does ChatGPT have sociolinguistic competence?

Journal of Computer-Assisted Linguistic Research
Large language models are now able to generate content- and genre-appropriate prose with grammatical sentences. However, these targets do not fully encapsulate human-like language use. For example, set aside is the fact that human language use involves sociolinguistic variation that is regularly constrained by internal and external factors.
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Linguistic Justice in World Englishes: A View From Cultural Appropriation

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article highlights the need to better clarify what we understand by linguistic justice. Failure to do so poses the danger that the concept not only remains something we may clamour for but is also one that we are unable or unwilling to recognize should we ever encounter it.
Lionel Wee
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The Use and Functions of English in Egyptian Social Media

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the contemporary functions of English in Egypt through two interrelated lines of inquiry. First, it provides an updated account of the status and roles of English in the country, revisiting and extending Schaub's assessment in light of significant historical, socio‐economic and linguistic developments over the past two ...
Lucia La Causa
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PENGEMBANGAN MODEL SOCIOCULTURE-BASED NARRATIVE UNTUK KOMPETENSI MENULIS MATA KULIAH BAHASA INGGRIS DI PGSD

Litera, 2014
This study aims to produce a Socioculture-Based Narrative model for the writing skill based on communicative competence in the English subject at PGSD. This was a research and development study employing the model by Borg & Gall consisting of four stages,
Ali Mustadi
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Linguistic Justice and the Politics of English(es)

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this afterword, I focus on two key contributions that this special issue provides for ongoing discussions of linguistic justice in relation to the internationalization of English. The first is its attempt to address previously reductionist accounts of linguistic justice in political theory, which construct languages only in relation to ...
Stephen May
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Equality Amongst Speakers of English: Distributive and Relational Approaches

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how egalitarians should characterise the complex and multifaceted inequalities associated with the ongoing global spread of English(es). We argue that global linguistic inequality today cannot be reduced to a single dimension, such as inequality of power or status.
Andrew Shorten, Sergi Morales‐Gálvez
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Accent and Appearance in Pre‐Service English Teacher Identity: Embodied Language Ideologies in the Political Economy of Language Education in Türkiye

TESOL Journal, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how two pre‐service English teachers in Türkiye navigate the racialized (whiteness‐Europeanness‐indexed) and marketized legitimacy regimes of the private English language teaching sector. Drawing on a language teacher identity lens and a political economy account of accent commodification, we analyze the contrasting ...
Onur Özkaynak, Peter Sayer
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THE ROLE OF PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE IN ASSESSING SOCIOLINGUISTIC

This article analyzes the role of pragmatic competence in assessing sociolinguistic competence. It emphasizes the importance of not only using grammatically correct language but also adapting it to social and cultural contexts. The concepts of pragmatic and sociolinguistic competence, their interrelation, and assessment methods, including role-plays ...
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From Theory to Practice: Integrating Generative AI‐Powered Microlearning Into TESOL

TESOL Journal, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article offers practical strategies for integrating microlearning and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into TESOL instruction. It positions GenAI‐powered microlearning as a promising theory‐informed approach to meet the evolving demands of language teaching and learning in diverse global contexts.
Lucas Kohnke
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Developing sociolinguistic evaluative competence: the case of French WH- interrogatives

Open Linguistics
As children acquire the core rules of their language, they also develop the ability to use it in a sociolinguistically adapted way. Although some works have addressed the production of sociolinguistic variables, few have explored the development of a ...
Thiberge Gabriel, Burnett Heather, Hemforth Barbara   +2 more
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