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Are we the same person in our L1 as we are in our L2?
Document Type: Open Access
Degree Program
Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Degree Type
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2007
Month Degree Awarded
May
Primary Subject Category
Linguistics
Secondary Subject Category
Education; Language; Personality
Keywords
Sociocultural Theory, Language, Personality, Study Abroad, Emotion, Discourse
Advisor(s) or Committee Chair
Negueruela, Eduardo
Abstract
This research focuses on second language acquisition during a study abroad experience and the developments or modifications in the personality of a language learner’s L1 and L2 discourses through the acquisition of a new expressive voice. Ideas concerning language and mind, cultural frameworks and sociocultural theory will be utilized to investigate how second language learners interpret their understandings of their expressive voice in their first language (American English) and in their second language (Castilian Spanish). This study draws from areas of investigation in applied linguistics, sociocultural theory, and linguistic anthropology, and has at its base the idea that specific grammatical and syntactical structures and the indexicality of a language make unique statements about the perceived realities of the speakers. With resurgence in the study of language and mind, this study brings together the above-mentioned fields, using discourse analysis in ethnographic research to look at how language learners in a study abroad experience learn and make assumptions about their language use.
Recommended Citation
Wirth, Eric Alton A., "Are we the same person in our L1 as we are in our L2?" (2007). Masters Theses. Paper 9.
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/9
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