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Patterns of sociolinguistic variation in teacher classroom speech

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ID7861345
AuthorsRaymond Mougeon (0000-0003-1126-2113, Glendon College York University Ontario Canada), Katherine Rehner (0000-0002-5336-1032, University of Toronto Mississauga Ontario Canada)
Year2019
Volume23
Issue2
Pages163-185
Publication date2019-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josl.12336
OpenAlexW2919462009
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

This study investigates sociolinguistic variation in teacher classroom speech. Based on a spoken‐French corpus produced by 59 teachers while teaching secondary school students (aged approximately 14–17 years) in four Ontario localities, it examines five cases of variant alternations. First, the study uses two comparative corpora to establish the social marking of the variants in the wider community. Second, it examines the teachers’ repertoire and frequency of use of variants in light of their social markedness. The study shows that the teachers use the standard variants at rates above even those found in the speech of the highest social strata within the wider community. Despite this normalizing impact of the classroom, the teachers also use all the non‐standard variants found in the wider community. Further, the study examines the impact on the teachers’ variant choice exerted by their socio‐professional characteristics and the communicative functions they perform in the classroom. It shows that the teachers’ use of variants is influenced by their gender, the subject taught, and the communicative functions performed in the classroom in ways that are in line with the social markedness of the variants in the wider community

Linguistics · Markedness · Pedagogy · Repertoire · Sociology · Subject (documents · Variation (astronomy · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,67
Citation span2023 - 2025 (3)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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