Using Variationism and Learner Corpus Research to Investigate Grammatical Gender Marking in Additional Language Spanish

The current study responds to the call for increased dialogue among different areas of additional language research. Specifically, we bring together learner corpus research and variationist approaches to second language acquisition to advance learner corpus research in two ways: (a) by modeling inte...

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Published in:Language learning 2019-12, Vol.69 (4), p.911-942
Main Authors: Gudmestad, Aarnes, Edmonds, Amanda, Metzger, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computational Linguistics
Cooperation
Corpus analysis
Corpus linguistics
Error analysis
Error Analysis (Language)
Form Classes (Languages)
Gender studies
Grammar
Grammatical gender
Humanities and Social Sciences
Interlanguage
Language
Language Research
Language Usage
Language Variation
learner corpus research
Linguistics
longitudinal
Longitudinal Studies
Quantitative analysis
regression
Researchers
Second Language Learning
Spanish
Spanish as a second language learning
Spanish language
variability
variationist approaches
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Summary:The current study responds to the call for increased dialogue among different areas of additional language research. Specifically, we bring together learner corpus research and variationist approaches to second language acquisition to advance learner corpus research in two ways: (a) by modeling interlanguage development and variability and (b) by conducting an analysis that moves away from descriptive error analysis. To accomplish this goal, we analyzed grammatical gender marking in additional language Spanish. The data come from LANGSNAP, a longitudinal learner corpus. Through the use of a generalized linear mixed‐effects model (a multivariate, quantitative analysis), we revealed new information about the development and variable use of gender marking in additional language Spanish. Through our analyses, we hope to contribute to greater interactions among researchers working in different strands of additional language research.
ISSN:0023-8333
1467-9922
DOI:10.1111/lang.12363