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Direct linkHoward, Martin – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2006
This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the variation underlying subject-verb agreement in the spoken French interlanguage of Irish classroom and study abroad learners. Results outline the range of factors constraining that variation, such as the learners' level of informal contact with the language, as well as linguistic factors such as…
Descriptors: Verbs, Interlanguage, French, Statistical Analysis
Howard, Martin – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2006
This article first presents an overview of some trends behind the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in a second language. A study is then presented that aims to test the validity of these trends in a quantitative study of a range of socio- and morpho-phonetic variables in French, including liaison, /l/ deletion, and subject-verb agreement…
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Advanced Students, Interlanguage
