Using variationism and learner corpus research to investigate grammatical gender marking in additional-language Spanish

Aarnes Gudmestad , Amanda Edmonds (1) , Thomas Metzger

1 EMMA - Etudes montpelliéraines du monde anglophone

The current study responds to the call for increased dialogue among different areas of additionallanguage research. Specifically, we bring together learner corpus research (LCR) and variationist approaches to second language acquisition in order to advance LCR by modeling interlanguage development and variability and by conducting an analysis that moves away from descriptive error analysis. To accomplish this goal, we analyze grammatical gender marking in additionallanguage Spanish. The data come from LANGSNAP, a longitudinal learner corpus. We demonstrate through the use of a generalized linear mixed model-a multivariate, quantitative analysis-new information about the development and variable use of gender marking in additional-language Spanish. Moreover, we hope to contribute to greater interactions among researchers working in different strands of additional-language research.

Mots clés: variability; learner corpus research; variationist approaches; regression; longitudinal

Domaines: Linguistique; Etudes sur le genre

Aarnes Gudmestad, Amanda Edmonds, Thomas Metzger. Using variationism and learner corpus research to investigate grammatical gender marking in additional-language Spanish. Language Learning, 2019, 69 (4), pp.911-942. ⟨10.1111/lang.12363⟩. ⟨hal-03063653⟩