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The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in French as a foreign language: an overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2005

JEAN-MARC DEWAELE
Affiliation:
French Department, Birkbeck College, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London, WC1 0PD, e-mail: j.dewaele@bbk.ac.uk

Abstract

The present contribution presents an overview of studies in French as a second (L2) and/or foreign language that consider the effects of extralinguistic variables (mostly instructional, experiential and situational factors) on the development of sociolinguistic competence. It focuses specifically on variation between informal and formal variants in phonology, morphology, morpho-syntax and the lexicon.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2004 Cambridge University Press

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