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Publication details [#56554]

Drummond, Rob. 2012. Aspects of identity in a second language: ING variation in the speech of Polish migrants living in Manchester, UK. Language Variation and Change 24 (1) : 107–133.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gender | identity negotiation | immigrant | language maintenance | second language acquisition

Language as a subject

English, British | Polish

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper employs variationist methods in an L2 setting to explore ING variation in the English discourse of UK-resident Polish migrants. Two social factors appear to significantly affect variation: a conversion of the characteristic gender pattern, and the speaker's potential furure return to Poland.