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31 - The Acquisition of Second Language Spanish Morphosyntax

from Part V - The Acquisition of Spanish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2018

By
Jason Rothman ,
Jorge González Alonso  and
David Miller
Edited by
Kimberly L. Geeslin
Kimberly L. Geeslin
Affiliation:
Indiana University
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Second language (L2) variationism follows the lead of first language (L1) work on variationist sociolinguistics, which investigated not only the overall rates of use of the variants of a dependent variable, but also the independent predictors of such use. As with L1 studies, this work typically involves amassing large data sets for which all tokens of the dependent variable are coded for a range of independent linguistic and social factors and subsequently performing multivariate analyses to determine which factors significantly constrain the use of one variant over others. Variable structures analyzed for L2 Spanish have included the copula contrast, subject pronouns, the mood contrast, past-perfective expression, future-time expression, and the present progressive. The past few years have also seen increasing interest in the acquisition of variation in study-abroad (SA) contexts. Since regional variation across the Spanish-speaking world can be quite robust, researchers have turned their attention to comparing learners who are immersed in a region where one variant is particularly common with those who study in regions which demonstrate differing preferences. There are many avenues for future L2 variationist investigations. Given compatibility with usage-based approaches and concept-oriented approaches, empirical research which combines approaches will likely expand over the coming years.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics , pp. 689 - 715
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