The Impact of Language Contact on the Acquisition of the Past Subjunctive in L2 French

EasyChair Preprint 14243

Abstract

 This study researches the impact of language contact on the procurement of the past subjunctive in second language (L2) French. Through a similar investigation of local French speakers, high level L2 students, and students with changing levels of openness to French-talking conditions, we investigate what language contact means for the comprehension and utilization of the past subjunctive. Utilizing a mix of trial undertakings, reviews, and subjective meetings, our discoveries uncover that L2 students presented to visit and vivid French conditions exhibit a higher capability in the past subjunctive, contrasted with those with restricted openness. The review features the job of both semantic and extralinguistic variables in forming the procurement of mind boggling linguistic designs, accentuating the significance of valid language connection in creating progressed syntactic capability. This examination adds to a more profound comprehension of how language contact elements impact L2 obtaining processes, especially with regards to nuanced and rarely utilized linguistic structures.

Keyphrases: French Verb Conjugation, French linguistics, Subjunctive Usage, Syntax in Second Languages., bilingualism, interlanguage development, language influence, language interference, language learning strategies

@booklet{EasyChair:14243,
  author    = {J Okoh Miracle and V Cinthia and Ben Ribb},
  title     = {The Impact of Language Contact on the Acquisition of the Past Subjunctive in L2 French},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 14243},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2024}}