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What a Bayesian Analysis Can Do for SLA: New Tools for the Sociolinguistic Study of Subject Expression in L2 Spanish
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Gudmestad, Aarnes; House, Leanna; Geeslin, Kimberly L. – Language Learning, 2013
This study constitutes the first statistical analysis to employ a Bayesian multinomial probit model in the investigation of subject expression in first and second language (L2) Spanish. The study analyzes the use of third-person subject-expression forms and demonstrates that the following variables are important for subject expression:…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Spanish
Acquiring a Variable Structure: An Interlanguage Analysis of Second Language Mood Use in Spanish
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Gudmestad, Aarnes – Language Learning, 2012
This investigation connects issues in second language (L2) acquisition to topics in quantitative sociolinguistics by exploring the relationship between native-speaker (NS) and L2 variation. It is the first large-scale analysis of L2 mood use (the subjunctive-indicative contrast) in Spanish. It applies variationist findings on the range of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Semantics, Interlanguage, English (Second Language)
Strategies for Requesting in Spanish and English: Structural Similarities and Pragmatic Differences.
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Walters, Joel – Language Learning, 1979
The same semantic strategies for requesting are available in Spanish and English. Bilingual children use more polite strategies in speaking Spanish and more neutral ones in speaking English. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)