{"title":"A Variationist Study of Quotative System in the Non-native Speech of French","authors":"Delin Deng","doi":"10.1353/tfr.2023.a911322","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Based on sociolinguistic data collected with 40 Chinese L1 learners of French in Paris, this article examines the quotative markers used by nonnative speakers of French in their direct speech reporting. Our results confirm previous findings in other ethnic groups that both linguistic and extralinguistic factors influence the use of some socio-pragmatic variables in non-native speech. On the one hand, it provides new data on the acquisition of socio-pragmatic competence by a less studied learner group; on the other hand, it offers a further reflection on the influence of linguistic taboo on learners’ L1 and the impact of the critical period in the immigration process on their language acquisition.","PeriodicalId":44297,"journal":{"name":"FRENCH REVIEW","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"FRENCH REVIEW","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tfr.2023.a911322","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE, ROMANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: Based on sociolinguistic data collected with 40 Chinese L1 learners of French in Paris, this article examines the quotative markers used by nonnative speakers of French in their direct speech reporting. Our results confirm previous findings in other ethnic groups that both linguistic and extralinguistic factors influence the use of some socio-pragmatic variables in non-native speech. On the one hand, it provides new data on the acquisition of socio-pragmatic competence by a less studied learner group; on the other hand, it offers a further reflection on the influence of linguistic taboo on learners’ L1 and the impact of the critical period in the immigration process on their language acquisition.
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The French Review is the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of French and has the largest circulation of any scholarly journal of French studies in the world at about 10,300. The Review publishes articles and reviews in English and French on French and francophone literature, cinema, society and culture, linguistics, technology six times a year. The May issue is always a special issue devoted to topics like Paris, Martinique and Guadeloupe, Québec, Francophone cinema, Belgium, Francophonie in the United States, pedagogy, etc. Every issue includes a column by Colette Dio entitled “La Vie des mots,” an exploration of new developments in the French language.