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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"sociolinguistic factors"”.
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Regional variation of mood use in Spanish: A comparison among three Spanish-speaking regions
… investigation is framed within variationist sociolinguistics, an area of study that examines how language varies and is influenced by linguistic and extralinguistic factors. Variationist research has reported that the use of verbal moods (the subjunctive and indicative) in Spanish is …
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Language variation in the Botswana speech community and its impact on children's education
… that exist in the spoken and written Setswana. Sociolinguistic factors such as language use are also dealt with. The problem of the use of non-standard varieties, as compared to the use of standard forms in the broad educational field is investigated.
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Educational implications of nonstandard varieties of Xhosa
… look at the implications on nonstandard Xhosa of sociolinguistic factors such as attitudes, language policies, communicative influence of the mass media, and language use in multilingual societies. (iii) to examine the effects of 'dialects' of Xhosa on standard Xhosa. (vi) to investigate the …
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Language variation and contact phonetic and phonological aspects of Portuguese of Maputo city
… apply to Mozambique Portuguese learners and if sociolinguistic factors such as age, education, residence and sex, play a significant role in allophonic distribution and sociolinguistic variation in Portuguese in Mozambique, taking into account community-based patterns of use. The data used in …
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Airijos lietuvių gimtosios kalbos atricijos požymiai žodyne /
… contact after emigration is one of the main factors that can lead to native language (L1) attrition. This research aims to find out whether the lexicon of Lithuanian emigrants L1 experiences attrition; if so, to see what changes in the lexicon can be observed and to provide insights into what …
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Signs of lexical attrition in the L1 of Lithuanians in Ireland /
… contacts after emigration is one of the main factors that can lead to native language (L1) attrition. This research aims to find out whether the lexicon of Lithuanian emigrants L1 experiences attrition; if so, to see what changes in the lexicon can be observed and to provide insights into what …
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Obviation in Michif
… of the proximate/obviative distinction, but that sociolinguistic factors surrounding the replacement of Michif by English on the reservation may be leading to such a loss.</p>
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English oral proficiency of grade 12 learners in selected private and public schools in Gauteng.
… is observed to be caused by a number of sociolinguistic factors exerting an influence on the learners and the teaching and learning environment. Learners from private schools are perceived to perform better than learners from public schools regarding English oral proficiency. This study …
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Emotions and Multilingualism in L1 isiXhosa speakers: Measuring emotional resonance reduction using the RER-LX scale
… in South Africa. This study investigates the factors influencing the emotional resonance that South African multilingual individuals associate with their different languages, by zooming in on a linguistic community that has previously been underrepresented in this domain of research, …
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Variability in cross-dialectal production and perception of contrasting phonemes: the case of the alveolar-retroflex contrast in Beijing and Taiwan Mandarin
… Mandarin. While a number of linguistic and sociolinguistic factors have been found to affect the alveolar-retroflex contrast, leading to variation in Taiwan Mandarin, a consistent alveolar-retroflex distinction is described for Beijing Mandarin in the literature on Mandarin phonology. With a …
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Factors affecting the learning of English as a second language macroskills among Tongan secondary students
This study aimed at determining factors which might have impact on the learning of English as a second language macroskills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) by Tongan secondary learners. The study was correlational in design and it worked from a synthetic perspective in that it looked at …
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Politeness and offering in Libyan Arabic hospitality
… types of Libyan Arabic offer sequences and the sociolinguistic factors that account for their form and structure. Several existing studies focus on how offering speech acts are employed to promote or maintain social harmony during interactions; for example: Alaoui (2011) and Emery (2000). …