Bradford Arthur
Biographic Data
| ID | 3843583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bradford Arthur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bradford |
| FAMILY NAME | Arthur |
| SIGNATURE | ARTHUR B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gauging the Boundaries of Second Language Competence: A Study of Learner Judgments
Second language learners can make judgments as to the acceptability of verbal sequences in a target language text. However, such judgments are often different from judgments of the same text by native speakers of the target language. These differences can be interpreted as a gauge of differences between the learners' transitional competence and the competence of native speakers. Similarly, changes in learner judgments may indicate changes in tran…
Causation or Correlation: A Reply to Oller and Perkins
Peer Reviewed
Evaluation Reactions of College Students to Dialect Differences in the English of Mexican-Americans
The English of Los Angeles Mexican-Americans ranges from the local standard to Chicano English, a non-standard ethnic dialect. Speech approaching Chicano English was negatively stereotyped by Anglo-American university students on scales related to success, ability, and social awareness. Forty-eight UCLA students rated 4 pairs of matched guise voices on 15 semantic differential scales. Dialect differences consistently affected their rating. But ra…
The Interaction of Dialect and Style in Urban American English1
The largely unexplained relationship between stylistic variation and dialect differentiation in urban American English is discussed in terms of five current assumptions made by socio-linguists in recent years. Implications of such assumptions are drawn for language use and language development in inner city schools. Three general guidelines emerge: (i) it is desirable for teachers to encourage the natural development of more formal dialect varian…
Reading Literature and Lfarning a Second Language 1
If literature is to be a useful vehicle for the teaching of second language skills, that literature must first succeed as a literary experience for the student. The failure of literary texts in second language teaching is often the result of a failure to encourage or even to allow students to receive such texts as literature, that is, as a literary experience. Consequently, second language teachers interested in using literature in their classes …
Evaluation Reactions of College Students to Dialect Differences in the English of Mexican-Americans
The English of Los Angeles Mexican-Americans ranges from the local standard to Chicano English, a non-standard ethnic dialect. Speech approaching Chicano English was negatively stereotyped by Anglo-American university students on scales related to success, ability, and social awareness. Forty-eight UCLA students rated 4 pairs of matched guise voices on 15 semantic differential scales. Dialect differences consistently affected their rating. But ra…
Gauging the Boundaries of Second Language Competence: A Study of Learner Judgments
Second language learners can make judgments as to the acceptability of verbal sequences in a target language text. However, such judgments are often different from judgments of the same text by native speakers of the target language. These differences can be interpreted as a gauge of differences between the learners' transitional competence and the competence of native speakers. Similarly, changes in learner judgments may indicate changes in tran…
Reading Literature and Lfarning a Second Language 1
If literature is to be a useful vehicle for the teaching of second language skills, that literature must first succeed as a literary experience for the student. The failure of literary texts in second language teaching is often the result of a failure to encourage or even to allow students to receive such texts as literature, that is, as a literary experience. Consequently, second language teachers interested in using literature in their classes …
The Interaction of Dialect and Style in Urban American English1
The largely unexplained relationship between stylistic variation and dialect differentiation in urban American English is discussed in terms of five current assumptions made by socio-linguists in recent years. Implications of such assumptions are drawn for language use and language development in inner city schools. Three general guidelines emerge: (i) it is desirable for teachers to encourage the natural development of more formal dialect varian…
Evaluation Reactions of College Students to Dialect Differences in the English of Mexican-Americans
The English of Los Angeles Mexican-Americans ranges from the local standard to Chicano English, a non-standard ethnic dialect. Speech approaching Chicano English was negatively stereotyped by Anglo-American university students on scales related to success, ability, and social awareness. Forty-eight UCLA students rated 4 pairs of matched guise voices on 15 semantic differential scales. Dialect differences consistently affected their rating. But ra…
Causation or Correlation: A Reply to Oller and Perkins
Peer Reviewed
Gauging the Boundaries of Second Language Competence: A Study of Learner Judgments
Second language learners can make judgments as to the acceptability of verbal sequences in a target language text. However, such judgments are often different from judgments of the same text by native speakers of the target language. These differences can be interpreted as a gauge of differences between the learners' transitional competence and the competence of native speakers. Similarly, changes in learner judgments may indicate changes in tran…
Psychology (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · American English (1 works)