Linguist List Dissertation Abstract: Kimberly L Geeslin. 1999. The Second Language Acquisition of Copula Choice in Spanish and Its Relationship to Language Change. University of Arizona, USA

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               Linguist List Dissertation Abstract:
Kimberly L Geeslin. 1999. The Second Language Acquisition of Copula
Choice in Spanish and Its Relationship to Language Change. University of
Arizona, USA
         Información de K. Geeslin <kgeeslin at indiana.edu>
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Institution: University of Arizona, USA

Program: Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program

Dissertation Status: Completed

Degree Date: 1999

Author: Kimberly L Geeslin

Dissertation Title:
The Second Language Acquisition of Copula Choice in Spanish and Its
Relationship to Language Change

Linguistic Field: Applied Linguistics

Subject Language: Spanish

Dissertation Director 1: Rudolph Troike

Dissertation Abstract:
   While many linguists point to the value of using data from second
language acquisition (SLA) to explore theories of language change, few
conduct work in this area. The primary objective of this dissertation is
to bridge the gap between these fields by examining the SLA of copula
choice before adjectives in Spanish. Historically, the copulas 'ser' and
'estar' have been in competition as the latter has been adopted in new
contexts with a wider variety of adjectives.  Current sociolinguistic
research shows that this change has been accelerated by contact with
English (Silva-Corvalan, 1986) but that the change itself was already
present in Mexico where contact with English is unlikely (Gutierrez,
1992).  Gutierrez (1992) identifies classes of adjectives which appear
to undergo change first, and based on his findings, makes predictions
about the direction of future changes.

   The classification scheme which enabled Gutierrez (1992) to show how
the extension of 'estar' progressed also allows for a new approach to
classification of SLA data.  Previous studies on the SLA of 'ser' and
'estar' (Ryan and Lafford, 1992, Briscoe, 1995) have focused on stages
of acquisition, but not within the context 'copula + adjective'.  By
using data from conversations, picture descriptions and contextualized
judgment tasks with English speaking high school students of Spanish at
various proficiency levels, the predictions in Gutierrez (1992) can be
tested on the order of SLA of the copula + adjective structure. In so
doing, the results are expected to shed light on the relationship
between SLA and language change.


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