Sociolinguistic variation and language acquisition across the lifespan edited by Anna Ghimenton, Aurelie Nardy, Jean-Pierre Chevrot

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ghimenton, Anna.

Nardy, Aurélie.

Chevrot, Jean-Pierre.

Series:

Studies in language variation volume 26

Studies in Language Variation volume 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Language acquisition.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2021]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This volume provides a broad view of the field of sociolinguistic variation in acquisition. Favored by the current scientific context where interdisciplinarity is particularly encouraged, the chapters bring to light the complementarity between the social and cognitive sciences approaches to language acquisition. The book integrates sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic issues by bringing together scholars who have been developing conceptions of language acquisition throughout the lifespan that take into account the language-internal or cross-linguistic variation in first and second language, as well as in first and second dialect acquisition contexts. The volume gathers theoretical and empirical research and provides an excellent basis for scholars and students wanting to delve into the social and cognitive dimensions of both production and perception of sociolinguistic variation. The book enables the reader to understand, on the one hand, how variation is acquired in childhood or at a later stage and, on the other hand, how perception and production feed into one another building awareness of the social meaning underpinning language variation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Introduction

Section 1. Child language acquisition and sociolinguistic variation

Chapter 1. Child language acquisition and sociolinguistic variation

Chapter 2. Input effects on the acquisition of variation

Chapter 3. The alternation between standard and vernacular pronouns by Belgian Dutch parents in child-oriented control acts

Chapter 4. Testing interface and frequency hypotheses

Chapter 5. Acquiring social and linguistic competence

Chapter 6. Children’s sociolinguistic preferences

Chapter 7. Variation in stress in the Jamaican classroom

Section 2. Second language acquisition and dialectal variation in adults

Chapter 8. Second language acquisition and dialectal variation in adults

Chapter 9. Navigating variation amid contested norms and societal shifts

Chapter 10. Usage, evaluation and awareness of French sociolinguistic variables by second-language learners during a stay abroad

Chapter 11. The standard-dialect repertoire of second language users in German-speaking Switzerland

Chapter 12. Identity, authenticity and dialect acquisition

Chapter 13. Adult learners’ (non-) acquisition of speaker-specific variation

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.