{"title":"Enacting voices","authors":"Darren K. LaScotte","doi":"10.1075/JSLS.17027.LAS","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n The present study supports the idea of heteroglossia and its contributions to language learning in second language\n acquisition (SLA) theory and bilingualism. Bakhtin’s (1934/1981) theory of\n heteroglossia differs from variety and register in that when acquiring a language, one internalizes the voices of others. Viewing\n interlanguage through a heteroglossic lens, it is possible that these voices in heteroglossia may have an effect on second\n language (L2) users’ language production. By blending sociolinguistic and sociocultural frameworks, this study analyzed the\n complexity, accuracy, and fluency of two French-English bilinguals’ narratives. Findings demonstrate a clear shift in all three\n measures of the CAF framework when participants enacted the voice of a perceived interlocutor or perceived self, versus when they\n recounted a narrative. These findings support the notion that an individual may have variable linguistic systems, and raise other\n important theoretical and practical implications for SLA research and L2 instruction.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2019-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1075/JSLS.17027.LAS","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The present study supports the idea of heteroglossia and its contributions to language learning in second language
acquisition (SLA) theory and bilingualism. Bakhtin’s (1934/1981) theory of
heteroglossia differs from variety and register in that when acquiring a language, one internalizes the voices of others. Viewing
interlanguage through a heteroglossic lens, it is possible that these voices in heteroglossia may have an effect on second
language (L2) users’ language production. By blending sociolinguistic and sociocultural frameworks, this study analyzed the
complexity, accuracy, and fluency of two French-English bilinguals’ narratives. Findings demonstrate a clear shift in all three
measures of the CAF framework when participants enacted the voice of a perceived interlocutor or perceived self, versus when they
recounted a narrative. These findings support the notion that an individual may have variable linguistic systems, and raise other
important theoretical and practical implications for SLA research and L2 instruction.
期刊介绍:
Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.