Vera Regan
Biographic Data
| ID | 164457 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vera Regan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vera |
| FAMILY NAME | Regan |
| SIGNATURE | REGAN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7839-9224 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Acquisition of L2 Sociolinguistic Competence: Critical Insights from an Evolving Field
This Special Issue on the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence showcases current research at the juncture of Language Variation and Change (LVC) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) (Regan, in press
L1 and L2 Language Attitudes: Polish and Italian Migrants in France and Ireland
Until recently, research on language attitudes focused mainly on attitudes relating to speakers' L1. However, with the increase in interest in multilingualism in a globalised world, there has been a renewed interest in language attitudes relating to L2 speakers. This article focuses on these issues in the context of migration: how language attitudes associated with migrants' L1 and L2 may affect the L2 acquisition process. The attitudes of two L2…
The attitudes of recently-arrived Polish migrants to Irish English
This article presents a case study of six Polish migrants residing in Dublin, Ireland and examines their language ideologies through an analysis of the metalinguistic discourse surrounding Irish English, world Englishes, and notions of 'standardness' that arose in the course of six extended interviews in 2012. Adapting Bucholtz and Hall's concept of markedness or 'hierarchical structuring of difference', this study structures the migrants' views …
Multiculturalism and Integration: Canadian and Irish Experiences
According to the editors, Multiculturalism and Integration presents issues of diversity, integration, and identity that are characteristic of any multicultural society, but are particularly evident in Ireland and Canada. The essays presented in this book were developed from proceedings of the 2008 Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland conference. As stated in the introduction, “Multicultural and multilingual diversity are relatively recent …
TheAcquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence in a Study Abroad Context
Drawing on cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of a range of sociolinguistic variables in L2 French, this volume explores the relationship between 'study abroad' and the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation patterns by the advanced second language learner.
Introduction: The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence
In recent years, researchers in second language acquisition (SLA) have paid increasing attention to the sociocultural context of language learning.Studies have drawn from a variety of sociolinguistic frameworks to examine the relationship between second language (L2) speakers' multifaceted social identities and their opportunities for access to the target language (e.g.Norton 2000), gender and choice of code in bilingual contexts (e.g.Woolard 199…
Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition in Social Context: Crosslinguistic Perspectives
The development of L2 acquisition of Moroccan children in the Netherlands, Petra Bos speech rate variation in two oral styles of advanced French interlanguage, Jean-Marc Dewaele language and identity in immigrant acquisition and use - a framework for integrating sociological, psychological and linguistic data, Norbert Dittmar, Bernard Spolsky and Joel Walters what makes us think that students who study abroad become fluent? Barbara F. Freed early…
The Acquisition of Community Speech Norms by Asian Immigrants Learning English as a Second Language: A Preliminary Study
We investigate Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrants' acquisition of the variable (ing), which occurs in progressive tenses, participles, noun phrases, etc., and which can be pronounced [iŋ] or [In]. A VARBRUL 2 program analysis of native speaker speech shows that the production of (ing) is constrained by phonological, grammatical, stylistic, and social factors. An analysis of the nonnative speakers' acquisition of these norms shows that [In] is mo…
Introduction: The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence
In recent years, researchers in second language acquisition (SLA) have paid increasing attention to the sociocultural context of language learning.Studies have drawn from a variety of sociolinguistic frameworks to examine the relationship between second language (L2) speakers' multifaceted social identities and their opportunities for access to the target language (e.g.Norton 2000), gender and choice of code in bilingual contexts (e.g.Woolard 199…
The attitudes of recently-arrived Polish migrants to Irish English
This article presents a case study of six Polish migrants residing in Dublin, Ireland and examines their language ideologies through an analysis of the metalinguistic discourse surrounding Irish English, world Englishes, and notions of 'standardness' that arose in the course of six extended interviews in 2012. Adapting Bucholtz and Hall's concept of markedness or 'hierarchical structuring of difference', this study structures the migrants' views …
L1 and L2 Language Attitudes: Polish and Italian Migrants in France and Ireland
Until recently, research on language attitudes focused mainly on attitudes relating to speakers' L1. However, with the increase in interest in multilingualism in a globalised world, there has been a renewed interest in language attitudes relating to L2 speakers. This article focuses on these issues in the context of migration: how language attitudes associated with migrants' L1 and L2 may affect the L2 acquisition process. The attitudes of two L2…
The Acquisition of Community Speech Norms by Asian Immigrants Learning English as a Second Language: A Preliminary Study
We investigate Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrants' acquisition of the variable (ing), which occurs in progressive tenses, participles, noun phrases, etc., and which can be pronounced [iŋ] or [In]. A VARBRUL 2 program analysis of native speaker speech shows that the production of (ing) is constrained by phonological, grammatical, stylistic, and social factors. An analysis of the nonnative speakers' acquisition of these norms shows that [In] is mo…
Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition in Social Context: Crosslinguistic Perspectives
The development of L2 acquisition of Moroccan children in the Netherlands, Petra Bos speech rate variation in two oral styles of advanced French interlanguage, Jean-Marc Dewaele language and identity in immigrant acquisition and use - a framework for integrating sociological, psychological and linguistic data, Norbert Dittmar, Bernard Spolsky and Joel Walters what makes us think that students who study abroad become fluent? Barbara F. Freed early…
Introduction: The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence
In recent years, researchers in second language acquisition (SLA) have paid increasing attention to the sociocultural context of language learning.Studies have drawn from a variety of sociolinguistic frameworks to examine the relationship between second language (L2) speakers' multifaceted social identities and their opportunities for access to the target language (e.g.Norton 2000), gender and choice of code in bilingual contexts (e.g.Woolard 199…
TheAcquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence in a Study Abroad Context
Drawing on cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of a range of sociolinguistic variables in L2 French, this volume explores the relationship between 'study abroad' and the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation patterns by the advanced second language learner.
Multiculturalism and Integration: Canadian and Irish Experiences
According to the editors, Multiculturalism and Integration presents issues of diversity, integration, and identity that are characteristic of any multicultural society, but are particularly evident in Ireland and Canada. The essays presented in this book were developed from proceedings of the 2008 Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland conference. As stated in the introduction, “Multicultural and multilingual diversity are relatively recent …
The attitudes of recently-arrived Polish migrants to Irish English
This article presents a case study of six Polish migrants residing in Dublin, Ireland and examines their language ideologies through an analysis of the metalinguistic discourse surrounding Irish English, world Englishes, and notions of 'standardness' that arose in the course of six extended interviews in 2012. Adapting Bucholtz and Hall's concept of markedness or 'hierarchical structuring of difference', this study structures the migrants' views …
L1 and L2 Language Attitudes: Polish and Italian Migrants in France and Ireland
Until recently, research on language attitudes focused mainly on attitudes relating to speakers' L1. However, with the increase in interest in multilingualism in a globalised world, there has been a renewed interest in language attitudes relating to L2 speakers. This article focuses on these issues in the context of migration: how language attitudes associated with migrants' L1 and L2 may affect the L2 acquisition process. The attitudes of two L2…
The Acquisition of L2 Sociolinguistic Competence: Critical Insights from an Evolving Field
This Special Issue on the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence showcases current research at the juncture of Language Variation and Change (LVC) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) (Regan, in press
Linguistics (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Irish (3 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works)