The Transfer of Language Speech Behavior into a Second Language: A Basis for Cultural Stereotypes?.

DeCapua, Andrea

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ERIC Number: EJ635175

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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The Transfer of Language Speech Behavior into a Second Language: A Basis for Cultural Stereotypes?

DeCapua, Andrea

Issues in Applied Linguistics, v9 n1 p21-35 Jun 1998

Examines the phenomenon of pragmatic transfer as a possible basis for cultural stereotypes. Data from second language (L2) German learners of English are compared with data from native speakers of American English. Results suggest that the German English L2 speakers produced responses more in keeping with German rules of speaking and conventions of use than with American ones. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, German, High School Students, Higher Education, Native Speakers, North American English, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Speech Communication, Stereotypes, Transfer of Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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