LINGUIS 155AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chicano English, Critical Period Hypothesis, Hiberno-English
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Ethnicity // social class // religion // gender/ sexuality // age // education. Linguistic marketplace - speakers economic needs particular language variety (se) Social networks - social relationships characterize group of speakers ( use local vernacular) Example of: -in [n] vs. -ing [nj] --- walkin", going, turnin", spinning. L1: first (native language) - something happens to you. Lad - language acqui device: until late childhood, so then l2 take over: critical period. L2: second language (learned after childhood) - no later than puberty, imperfect, l1 substrate. L1 sub effect: foreign accent (syntax, pragmatics, vocab, etc) If raise l1 w/ l2 = child l1 substrate effect - ethnic english . Linked to terms used to describe ethnic groups. Italian english, irish english, chicano english, jewish english, aae, etc. Incorporate features into non-native language based on occurrence of similar features in native language what for to mean what kind of . English as 2nd language. (absence of marked tense - aae, vieteng)