August 16, 2021 08:30 AM - August 16, 2022 12:00 Noon(Europe/Amsterdam)
20210816T083020210816T1200Europe/AmsterdamS003 | A transdisciplinary look at intra-individual variation in language development and change
The theme of this symposium is intra-individual variation, that is, observable variation within individual entities, which plays an important role in the humanities area as well as in the natural and social sciences. Fields as diverse as cognitive neuroscience (cf. Port & Van Gelder, 1995), developmental psychology (e.g., van Geert, 1991), organizational behavior (Axelrod & Cohen, 1999; Guastello, 1995), and political sociology (e.g., Axelrod, 1984) have recently being reframed in terms that allow insight into basic dynamic properties that were previously overlooked. However, while these particular fields have recognized the complexity and dynamism of human thought and behavior, intra-individual variation has received less attention in regard to language behavior. Studies on intra-individual variation over time, however, are urgently needed in applied linguistics as well as variationist linguistics to validate the outcomes from group studies and to understand the process of individuals' linguistic development (cf. Lowie, 2017; Lowie & Verspoor, 2019). The main goal of the symposium is to bring together two subdisciplines – psycholinguistics and (variationist) sociolinguistics – in juxtaposing systematic intra-individual variation discussed in sociolinguistics and non-systematic intra-individual variation discussed in psycholinguistics, thereby fostering interaction between two disciplines that have had surprisingly little connection so far.
08:20 – 08:30: Welcome and introduction of our featured speaker08:30 – 09:00: Peter D. MacIntyre09:00 – 09:10: Q&A09:10 – 09:30: Phil Hiver & Ali Al-Hoorie09:30 – 09:50: Kedi Simpson09:50 – 10:00: Q&A10:00 – 10:30: Coffee break10:30 – 10:50: Katarzyna Rokoszewska10:50 ...Room 1AILA 2021aila2021@gcb.nl
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The theme of this symposium is intra-individual variation, that is, observable variation within individual entities, which plays an important role in the humanities area as well as in the natural and social sciences. Fields as diverse as cognitive neuroscience (cf. Port & Van Gelder, 1995), developmental psychology (e.g., van Geert, 1991), organizational behavior (Axelrod & Cohen, 1999; Guastello, 1995), and political sociology (e.g., Axelrod, 1984) have recently being reframed in terms that allow insight into basic dynamic properties that were previously overlooked. However, while these particular fields have recognized the complexity and dynamism of human thought and behavior, intra-individual variation has received less attention in regard to language behavior. Studies on intra-individual variation over time, however, are urgently needed in applied linguistics as well as variationist linguistics to validate the outcomes from group studies and to understand the process of individuals' linguistic development (cf. Lowie, 2017; Lowie & Verspoor, 2019). The main goal of the symposium is to bring together two subdisciplines – psycholinguistics and (variationist) sociolinguistics – in juxtaposing systematic intra-individual variation discussed in sociolinguistics and non-systematic intra-individual variation discussed in psycholinguistics, thereby fostering interaction between two disciplines that have had surprisingly little connection so far.
08:20 – 08:30: Welcome and introduction of our featured speaker
08:30 – 09:00: Peter D. MacIntyre
09:00 – 09:10: Q&A
09:10 – 09:30: Phil Hiver & Ali Al-Hoorie
09:30 – 09:50: Kedi Simpson
09:50 – 10:00: Q&A
10:00 – 10:30: Coffee break
10:30 – 10:50: Katarzyna Rokoszewska
10:50 – 11:10: Marte Nordanger
11:10 – 11:30: Erik Schleef
11:30 – 11:50: Katharina Korecky-Kröll
11:50 – 12:10: Q&A
12:10 – 12:20: Mini break
12:20 – 12:30: Poster pitches by Betül Çimenli and Carlos Rico Castillo
12:30 – 12:50: Live session, general discussion and Q&A
12:50 – 13:30: Informal lunch and opportunity to connect
Reframing individual differences as intra-individual variability: Reconceptualising emotion, motivation and willingness to communicate.View Abstract Watch Recording 0FeaturedAILA Symposium08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC
Ironically, individual differences (ID) research in SLA often refers to differences within a sample, not an individual. Complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) re-imagines the meaning of individual differences in ways that complement, supplement, and challenge traditional approaches to ID variables. Specific empirical investigations in WTC, motivation, and emotion will serve as examples of intra-individual research.
Modeling co-adaptation between language development and task-specific individual differencesView Abstract Watch Recording 0StandardAILA Symposium08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC
This study investigates how syntactic features of learners' interlanguage develop nonlinearly. Longitudinal data (T = 7) from Saudi learners of English (N < 90) analyzed using GAMMs and Bayesian mixed effects models showed nonlinearity and systematic variability in developmental pathways, and demonstrated the effect of task iteration in learner development.
Presenters Phil Hiver Presenter, Florida State University
Intra-individual variation in developmental trajectories of L2 French listening: eight case studies from a CDST perspectiveView Abstract Watch Recording 0StandardAILA Symposium08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC
Tracking L2 French listening for a period of three years, this research takes eight case studies – students at a secondary school in England – and probes the intra- and inter-individual variation in listening comprehension as well as its contributory subsystems of working memory, lexical and syntactic knowledge, strategy use and self-efficacy.
Presenters Kedi Simpson PhD Candidate; Solidarity Awardee, University Of Oxford
Intra-individual variation in the emergence of dynamic language subsystems at secondary school – a written corpus analysis.View Abstract Watch Recording 0FocusedAILA Symposium08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC
Rooted in Complex Dynamic Systems Theory, the study which is based on a learner written developmental corpus (ca. 1900 essays written by 100 learners over 3 years), indicates that intra-individual variation significantly predicts the average semester growth rates (ASGR) of most measures of complexity, accuracy, and fluency.
Presenters Katarzyna Rokoszewska Assistant Professor, Jan Dlugosz University In Czestochowa
Variability in the development of an epistemic repertoire in L2 NorwegianView Abstract Watch Recording 0Standard08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC
In this presentation, we present preliminary results from a longitudinal study exploring the use of epistemic constructions in L2 Norwegian. By combining perspectives from Dynamic Systems Theory and sociocultural approaches to language, the study focuses on variability in individual learner trajectories as key to development and ability to perform agency.
Presenters Marte Nordanger Inland Norway University Of Applied SciencesPaulina Horbowicz Associate Professor, Inland Norway University Of Applied Sciences/Adam Mickiewicz University In Poznan
Individual differences in intra-speaker variation: T-glottalling in England and ScotlandView Abstract Watch Recording 0StandardAILA Symposium08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC
Sociolinguistic theory predicts stylistic variation to be similar within a community (Labov 1972). Data from London and Edinburgh suggest that style-shifting norms from speech to reading are mostly similar in London. In Edinburgh, some speakers do not style-shift, which suggests that different speakers hold varying views towards community norms.
Presenters Erik Schleef Full Professor, University Of Salzburg
Variation of noun plurals in German in Austria: individual preferences in first language acquisition and adult useView Abstract Watch Recording 0StandardAILA Symposium08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC
Variation of noun plurals in German in Austria is investigated on the basis of adult and child language production data in different settings, with a focus on individual preferences. Results will be discussed from a psycholinguistic as well as from a sociolinguistic perspective.
A Conversation Analysis Inspired Investigation of Stylistic VariationView Abstract Watch Recording 0FocusedAILA Symposium08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC
This study aims to reveal how the participant accommodates his speech, interactional resources he deploys, and his motives for exhibiting (non-)accommodative behavior. First, 5 hours of naturally-occurring dyadic interaction was transcribed and analyzed. Then, a semi-structured interview was conducted to deepen the knowledge about the motivation behind his accommodative behavior.
Presenters Betül Çimenli AILA Solidarity Awardee, Bartin University
Variability and Complexification in L2 writing Development: A Longitudinal Case StudyView Abstract Watch Recording 0FocusedAILA Symposium08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 10:00:00 UTC
This is a report of a longitudinal case study carried out in a German international school. The researcher traced the language development of two learners of English (both eleven years old at the beginning of the study) by collecting writing samples periodically (every four weeks) for 22 months.
Presenters Carlos Rico Castillo Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Peter Macintyre
Phil Hiver 
Akira Murakami
Kedi Simpson
Katarzyna Rokoszewska
Marte Nordanger
Paulina Horbowicz
Erik Schleef
Katharina Korecky-Kröll
Betül Çimenli
Carlos Rico Castillo
