“Combining Approaches to Investigate the Intersection of SLA and Variationist Sociolinguistics: Variable Future-Time Ex”
Matthew Kanwit, University of Pittsburgh The current research presentation aims to show the benefits of integrating two disciplines (i.e., sociolinguistics and second language acquisition) and of combining two distinct approaches (i.e., concept-oriented and variationist approaches). It also endeavors to demonstrate how one project can fruitfully inform the next. It takes as its point of departure
“How Language Impacts Moral-Decision Making in Social Settings”
In this talk, Susanne Brouwer will present findings from a series of studies examining how moral decision-making is influenced by the use of a foreign language in social settings. While previous research on the “Foreign Language Effect” (e.g., Costa et al., 2014) has shown that individuals’ moral choices can vary depending on whether dilemmas are
“Investigating the Interaction of Short- and Long-Term Blocking Effects in the L2 Acquisition of the German Perfekt”
Blocking concerns the effect of second language (L2) speakers’ prior language experience on learning linguistic cues that express one idea (e.g. past tense) in multiple ways (e.g. adverbial cues and verbal morphology). Previous research provides evidence for long-term blocking, whereby cross-linguistic differences lead L2 speakers to rely on an L1 cue to the disadvantage of