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- Title
Factors driving lexical variation in L2 French: A variationist study of automobile, auto, voiture, char and machine.
- Authors
TERRY NADASDI; RAYMOND MOUGEON; KATHERINE REHNER
- Abstract
Our paper examines lexical variation in the spoken French of second language learners and focuses on words referring to the notion of "automobile" (i.e., automobile, auto, voiture, char and machine). Results reveal that while students do follow the native speaker pattern of using the neutral variant auto in most instances, they diverge from native speakers by making no use of the vernacular form char and relatively high use of the prestige variant voiture. The principal external factors that influence variant choice are students' home language and the representation of variants in the input to which students are exposed.
- Subjects
SPOKEN French; FRENCH vocabulary; LEXICON; NATIVE language; FOREIGN language education; FRENCH slang; FRENCH language -- Usage
- Publication
Journal of French Language Studies, 2008, Vol 18, Issue 3, p365
- ISSN
0959-2695
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0959269508003505