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Polat, Nihat – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2011
Studies have shown that learners with high degrees of socialization with the target language community acquire the target language better (Lybeck, 2002; Schumann, 1978). Milroy's (1987) use of social network theory in sociolinguistics indicates that socialization patterns are constituted by structural relationships of different types and…
Descriptors: Socialization, Speech Communication, Sociolinguistics, Social Networks