Kimberly L. Geeslin

• Indiana University Bloomington

This volume connects the latest research on language acquisition across the lifespan with the explanation of language change in specific sociohistorical settings. This conversation benefits from recent advances in two areas: on the one hand, the study of how learners of various ages and in various sociolinguistic contexts acquire language variation...

Usage-based theories provide helpful frameworks and tools for the study of language in its various contexts of interaction. This chapter explores the application of these approaches to the study of second language (L2) acquisition. It begins with an overview of usage-based approaches, paying special attention to the way they capture information abo...

Variationist work in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) began in the mid 1970s and steadily progressed during the 1980s. Much of it was reviewed along with newer approaches in Bayley and Preston 1996 (B&P), heavily devoted to VARBRUL analyses that exposed the variability in developing interlanguages and placed variationist work within the canon of S...

The current study explores the second language(L2) acquisition of subconsciously held language attitudes. Specifically, we determine whether L2 learners perceive differences between Spanish speakers of four geographic varieties and evaluate them differently, and if these perceptions change with proficiency. Following sociolinguistic methodological...

This book analyzes the construct of advanced proficiency in second language learning by bringing together empirical research from numerous linguistic domains and methodological traditions. Focusing on the dynamic nature of language use, the volume explores diverse manifestations of high-level second language Spanish, including performance on standa...

Sociolinguistic competence is the ability to employ the variable features of language according to social norms, taking into account the identity of the speaker and other interlocutors.

Learners must develop the ability to vary language according to linguistic and situational factors to produce context-appropriate utterances. Likewise, interpreting the additional meaning conveyed through language variation is essential for successful communication. Nevertheless, research on the interpretation of the variable copulas in Spanish is...

Amazonian Spanish: Language Contact and Evolution explores the unique origins, linguistic features, and geo-political situation of the Spanish that has emerged in the Amazon. While this region boasts much linguistic diversity, many of the indigenous languages found within its limits are now being replaced by Spanish. This situation of language expa...

Success in academia requires more than an understanding of discipline-specific literature and an ability to teach and do research. It is also necessary to develop an understanding of a range of professionally-oriented skills such as how to identify and apply to doctoral programs, how to make the most of conferences, how to achieve a semblance of wo...

This book examines the role of interlocutors and their individual differences (IDs) in second language (L2) development from four theoretical lenses: the cognitive-interactionist approach, sociocultural theory, the variationist approach, and complex dynamic systems theory. A theoretical overview to each approach is written by a preeminent scholar i...

This book examines the role of interlocutors and their individual differences (IDs) in second language (L2) development from four theoretical lenses: the cognitive-interactionist approach, sociocultural theory, the variationist approach, and complex dynamic systems theory. A theoretical overview to each approach is written by a preeminent scholar i...

The Spanish mood contrast is a good test case for research on acquiring form-meaning connections in contexts where input is variable and multiple areas of the grammar are implicated (e.g., syntax, semantics, pragmatics). Nevertheless, research on interpretation of this contrast lags and little is known about how individual lexical items and pattern...

This study investigates the acquisition of nativelike variation in the production of Spanish /d/ by English-speaking learners. Specifically, we examine the production of /d/ in word-internal intervocalic position in the speech of 13 highly advanced nonnative speakers (NNSs) and 13 native speakers (NSs) of Spanish in digitally-recorded sociolinguist...

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

In the past few decades, interest in second language (L2) acquisition has often moved away from error analyses and toward reporting what learners produce and select regardless of prescriptive accuracy. One type of research in this vein is that of L2 variationism, following the lead of first language (L1) work on variationist sociolinguistics, which...

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin August 2018

Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics - edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin

For millions of individuals all over the world, speaking in a second language is a daily activity. It is therefore important that research in applied linguistics should contribute empirically to the study of second language spoken interaction. The aim of this volume is to make such a contribution by providing research-based insights into current ap...

In response to the need for examples of test validation from which everyday language programs can benefit, this paper reports on a study that used Bachman’s (2005) assessment use argument (AUA) framework to examine evidence to support claims made about the intended interpretations and uses of scores based on a new web-based Spanish language placeme...

This book presents a set of compelling essays collectively making a persuasive case for why a usage-based perspective on language is fast becoming a leading theoretical framework for investigating second language (L2) learning and the foundation for effective, innovative, engaging pedagogy. Drawing on 20 years of research in psychology, psycholingu...

Research on second language Spanish encompasses a sophisticated and broad-reaching body of work. Nevertheless, there is a bias in this literature toward English-speaking learners. The implication of this bias is that our search for universal trends of acquisition is undermined by an inability to distinguish between challenges that are specific to E...

Expanding Individual Difference Research in the Interaction Approach: Investigating learners, instructors, and other interlocutors demonstrates why investigating the individual differences of all interlocutors with whom learners interact – including peer and heritage learners, instructors, researchers, and native speakers – is critical to understan...

This book explores the current state of Spanish sociolinguistics and its contribution to theories of language variation and change, from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives. It offers original analyses on a variety of topics across a wide spectrum of linguistic subfields from different formal, experimental, and corpus-based standpoints. The...

Research on variation demonstrates that analyses of frequency and predictors of use contribute to our understanding of languages. Investigations of subject expression in Spanish in particular have identified differences across person and number of the verb that suggest that linguists should focus their analyses exclusively on a single category of t...

The present study explores methodological issues related to the growing need to understand the role of lexical frequency (LF) in patterns of language acquisition and use. One specific methodological challenge is determining which measures of LF are appropriate for the study of L2 learners-namely, how do we identify the appropriate comparison for L2...

The present study connects research on the L2 acquisition of variable structures to the ever-growing body of research on the role of study abroad in the language learning process. The data come from a group of 46 English-speaking learners of Spanish who participated in immersion programs in two distinct locations, Valencia, Spain and San Luis Potos...

The present study fills a need for investigations of learner and native speaker (NS) interpretation of the Spanish subjunctive in contexts that allow variation. The analysis compares responses by NSs and three levels of learners on a written interpretation task in which each item contained a temporal indicator (cuando “when”, después de que “after”...

Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition of a second language. It reviews basic principles of sociolinguistics, provides a unified account o...

This chapter provides a critical review of research on the second language (L2) acquisition of the copula contrast in Spanish. It assesses what is known about how the L2 learner of Spanish develops the ability to interpret and produce the copulas ser and estar in the full range of functional contexts in which they appear. The chapter demonstrates t...

This study constitutes the first statistical analysis to employ a Bayesian multinomial probit model in the investigation of subject expression in first and second language (L2) Spanish. The study analyzes the use of third-person subject-expression forms and demonstrates that the following variables are important for subject expression: perseveratio...

The current investigation connects the study of the L2 acquisition of variable structures to the ever-growing body of research on the role of study abroad in the process of language learning, adding evidence of the specific changes that take place in learner grammars during a stay in the target environment. The analysis is based on results from a g...

The current study aims to stimulate further interest in interdisciplinary studies of variation in the second-language sound system, to outline the issues that must be considered to establish respect across the various disciplines implicated in this line of research, and to present findings from original research that constitutes a first step toward...

The field of second language (L2) variation, focusing mostly on English and French, has existed for over 30 years, documenting the effects of linguistic context, social context and individual characteristics on learner language. Research on the L2 acquisition of variation in Spanish has experienced tremendous growth over the past decade and current...

This investigation extends the research on the use of Spanish copulas ser and estar in Venezuela to all [copula + adjective] contexts (see De Jonge 1993; Malaver 2000 for work on expressions of age). Findings reveal that resultant state, adjective class, predicate type, experience with the referent, susceptibility to change, socioeconomic level, ag...

IntroductionThe Role of variation in SLATheory building and the SLA of variationKey generalizations on variation in L2 SpanishPedagogical implicationsReferences

The current study represents a detailed examination of the linguistic variables that are significantly related to verb-form use in contexts of future-time reference for advanced learners and native speakers of Spanish. The results show that the factors lexical temporal indicator, clause type and temporal distance are related to the verb forms that...

This article adds to the growing body of research focused on second-language (L2) variation and constitutes the first large-scale study of the production of potentially variable grammatical structures in Spanish by English-speaking learners. The overarching goal of the project is to assess the range of forms used and the degree to which native and...

The exploration of the role of naturally-occurring data in studies of second language acquisition begins by assessing the ways in which the term “naturalistic” may apply to second languages. Instead of classifying tasks and the data they elicit as natural or unnatural, this paper presents a view of tasks that is multidimensional, rather than opposi...

The current study is the first technically-principled examination of second language Spanish intonation as it develops in a study abroad context. As such, it aims to identify patterns of development related to overall F0 contours and final boundary movements by creating individual profiles for each L2 learner at the beginning and the end of their s...

In some contact situations between Spanish and English there is an acceleration of the process of the extension of estar that may be due to lack of access to the formal written standard, features of English in particular or general processes of simplification that result from the cognitive demands of bilingualism (Silva-Corvalán, 1994). In our larg...

In several of the most widely read Spanish grammars an entire chapter is devoted to the two copular verbs in Spanish, ser "to be" and estar "to be", and their many contexts of use (Bull, 1965; Soĺ and Soĺ, 1977; Whitley, 1986; Bosque and Demonte, 1999; King and Suñer, 1999; Butt and Benjamin, 2000). For some, the interest in this structure stems fr...

This study examines the acquisition of copula choice, more particularly the contrast between ser and estar ('to be') in Spanish by native speakers of Portuguese. Our research differs from previous work because the first language of the participants included also contains a copula contrast. Our previous analysis of data collected in adult L1 Spanish...

In this paper we examine the role of gender in copula choice with adjectives in Spanish. Researchers in sociolinguistics have shown that gender and age (see Eckert 1997 for a review of research on age and Wodak & Benke 1997 for gender) amongst other social variables (e.g., social class, style, network and so on) can play an important role in the pr...

Although ser and estar have been studied extensively (Luján 1981; Clements 1988; Leonetti 1994; Fernández Leborans 1999; Geeslin 2005), less is known about how the use of these copulas varies from one Spanish-speaking region to another. To date, sociolinguistic research has been conducted on Spanish in the United States (Kirschner and Stephens 1988...

This study provides a model for examining the second language (L2) acquisition of structures where the first language (L1) and L2 are similar, and where native speaker (NS) use varies. Research on the copula contrast in Spanish (ser and estar mean “to be”) has shown that an assessment of learner choice cannot rely on an error analysis (Geeslin, 200...