Future Temporal Reference in the Bilingual Repertoire of Anglo-Montrealers: A Twin Variable

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Future Temporal Reference in the Bilingual Repertoire of Anglo-Montrealers: A Twin Variable
Abstract
The authors focus on the development of sociolinguistic competence in a second language, (here, French being acquired by young Anglo-Montrealers) in a naturalistic context where the target language is part of daily life. They assess sociolinguistic competence through analysis of Anglo-Montrealers’ use of a morphosyntactic variable, Future Temporal Reference (FTR), in both French and English. They point out that variationist analyses reveals that Anglo-Montrealers possess distinct FTR variation systems for each of the languages of their linguistic repertoire. Their results show that substantial contact with native speakers is a necessary condition for detailed and complete mastery of target sociolinguistic variation, in particular because the rules that govern it are rarely, if ever, explicitly taught.
Publication
International Journal of Bilingualism
Volume
Vol. 18
Issue
no. 6
Pages
674-692
Date
December 2014
Language
en
Citation
Blondeau, Hélène, Nathalie Dion, and Zoe Ziliak Michel. “Future Temporal Reference in the Bilingual Repertoire of Anglo-Montrealers: A Twin Variable.” International Journal of Bilingualism Vol. 18, no. 6 (December 2014): 674–692.
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