Quotative be like is a much discussed variable linguistic feature recruited in this investigation in order to revisit the hypothesis of linguistic diffusion (Labov 2007) predicting re-ordering of original patterns by L2 populations. As a sociocognitively salient variant spreading above the level of conscious awareness, be like has been appropriated by adult speakers from two distinctive L2 English ecologies with a high degree of precision, a finding previously not reported in studies exploring the acquisition of structured variation. In this article, I explain how, supported by frequency and constraint complexity, sociocognitive salience may have contributed to the generally accurate replication of the variable grammar for be like and, by this token, how it can inform existing models of language change. (Sociocognitive salience, linguistic diffusion, L2 acquisition of structured variation, variationist sociolinguistics, World Englishes, be like)

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社会认知显着性在获得结构化变异和语言扩散中的作用：来自引语的证据

报价单像是在本次调查中被广泛讨论的可变语言特征，以重新审视语言扩散的假设（Labov 2007）预测 L2 群体对原始模式的重新排序。作为一种在有意识意识水平之上传播的社会认知显着变体，像已被来自两个独特的 L2 英语生态系统的成年说话者以高度的精确度挪用，这一发现以前在探索获得结构化变异的研究中未曾报道过。在这篇文章中，我解释了在频率和约束复杂性的支持下，社会认知显着性如何有助于变量语法的一般准确复制像以及，以此为标志，它如何为现有的语言变化模型提供信息。（社会认知显着性、语言传播、结构化变异的 L2 习得、变异社会语言学、世界英语、像)