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Diachronic and/or synchronic variation? The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in L2 French. [PDF]
, 2007 A majority of the early research in Second Language Acquisition focused on diachronic variation in the learners’ interlanguage (IL), that is, differences in the IL linked to a supposed increase in knowledge between two points in time (cf.
Dewaele, Jean-Marc
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Not-so-strange bedfellows: Documentation, description, and sociolinguistics in Gaza [PDF]
, 2018 Arabic is often investigated within dialectological frameworks that emerged in the 19th century, though that work now exists alongside decades of variationist sociolinguistic research.
William Cotter
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WE, ELF and ELT: Perspectives on English and applied linguistics
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract In a paper which originally set the scene for WE study, Braj Kachu argued that the ‘global diffusion of English’ called for a new paradigm of enquiry which recognized the independent status of varieties of English used by communities other than those of Inner Circle native speakers.
Henry Widdowson
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Isogloss, 2023 It has been shown that the presence of a definite article (DA) prior to a personal name (PN) varies not only across languages, but also across varieties of the same language.
Robin Tieperman, Brendan Regan
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Sociolinguistics of Palestinian Arabic [PDF]
, 2015 Contribution to the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language ...
Uri Horesh, William Cotter
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Applied Linguistics, sociolinguistics and world Englishes
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract The world Englishes perspective, especially as expressed within Kachru's formulation of the Inner, Outer and Expanding Circles of Englishes, provides a flexible and coherent model of the historical spread of English. While the model has had a profound influence on various subfields of applied linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics ...
Andrew Moody
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“Someone has been coronated” Nigerian English lexical innovations in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2021 This sociolinguistic study explores lexical innovations and variation in the lexemes of Nigerian English formed during the COVID-19Pandemic. The emergence and spread of the virus have significantly altered the societal norm to becoming what is called the
Oluwateniola Kupolati +2 more
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Dialect contact and distinctiveness: The social meaning of language variation in an island community [PDF]
, 2015 In this paper, we analyse linguistic variables which are well-established in British English, the vowels in the trap and bath lexical sets. We demonstrate that the social meanings of these variables are both historically substantiated and locally ...
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World Englishes and applied linguistics: Theoretical and applied perspectives
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the evolving relationship between world Englishes (WE) and applied linguistics (AL), tracing AL's historical development from its Anglo‐American origins in the mid‐20th century, grounded in “linguistics applied” to its contemporary status as a multidisciplinary field concerned with social justice and equity. It highlights
Kingsley Bolton
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