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Negation in Near-Native French: Variation and Sociolinguistic Competence
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Donaldson, Bryan – Language Learning, 2017
This study investigated how adult second language (L2) speakers of French with near-native proficiency realize verbal negation, a well-known sociolinguistic variable in contemporary spoken French. Data included 10 spontaneous informal conversations between near-native speakers of French and native speakers (NSs) closely acquainted with them.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Second Language Learning, French, Language Variation