RT Journal Article
T1 Language immersion effects in the use of tú and usted by L1-French and L1-European Portuguese learners of Spanish
A1 Sampedro Mella, María Carmen
A1 Sánchez Gutiérrez, Claudia
K1 Language immersion
K1 Tú
K1 Usted
K1 Spanish pronouns
K1 L1-French
K1 L1-European Portuguese
K1 Learners of Spanish
AB The use of the Spanish pronouns of address tú and usted is an intricate matter for L2 learners due to the many factors that influence their selection at the discourse and interactional level. Although the literature has traditionally focused on the challenges experienced by L1-English learners of L2-Spanish in learning these forms, less is known about speakers whose L1s also present similar (but not identical) pronouns of address. This study thus analyzes the use of tú and usted by L1-French and L1-European Portuguese learners who learn Spanish either in their home countries (i.e., France and Portugal) or in Spain as part of a study-abroad experience. Results indicate that learners in both L1 groups used tú more often while in Spain than in their home country. Additionally, students in immersion started adopting more similar criteria to those of L1-Spanish speakers in determining whether tú or usted would be appropriate in certain contexts
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0272-2631
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30960
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30960
LA eng
NO Sampedro Mella, M., & Sánchez Gutiérrez, C. (2023). Language immersion effects in the use of tú and usted by L1-French and L1-European Portuguese learners of Spanish. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1-24. doi:10.1017/S0272263123000128
NO This study was funded through a grant from the Xunta de Galicia (Spain) received by María Sampedro Mella and titled “Use of general and learner corpora for the research and teaching of discourse in Spanish as a foreign language” [grant code: ED481D–2022–016]
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026