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Interface strategies in monolingual and end-state L2 Spanish grammars are not that different

This study explores syntactic, pragmatic, and lexical influences on adherence to SV and VS orders in native and fluent L2 speakers of Spanish. A judgment task examined 20 native monolingual and 20 longstanding L2 bilingual Spanish speakers' acceptance of SV and VS structures. Seventy-six distin...

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Autores principales: Parafita Couto, María C., Mueller Gathercole, Virginia C., Stadthagen-González, Hans
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25628580
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01525
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Mueller Gathercole, Virginia C.
Stadthagen-González, Hans
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description This study explores syntactic, pragmatic, and lexical influences on adherence to SV and VS orders in native and fluent L2 speakers of Spanish. A judgment task examined 20 native monolingual and 20 longstanding L2 bilingual Spanish speakers' acceptance of SV and VS structures. Seventy-six distinct verbs were tested under a combination of syntactic and pragmatic constraints. Our findings challenge the hypothesis that internal interfaces are acquired more easily than external interfaces (Sorace, 2005, 2011; Sorace and Filiaci, 2006; White, 2006). Additional findings are that (a) bilinguals' judgments are less firm overall than monolinguals' (i.e., monolinguals are more likely to give extreme “yes” or “no” judgments) and (b) individual verbs do not necessarily behave as predicted under standard definitions of unaccusatives and unergatives. Correlations of the patterns found in the data with verb frequencies suggest that usage-based accounts of grammatical knowledge could help provide insight into speakers' knowledge of these constructs.
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spelling pubmed-42927892015-01-27 Interface strategies in monolingual and end-state L2 Spanish grammars are not that different Parafita Couto, María C. Mueller Gathercole, Virginia C. Stadthagen-González, Hans Front Psychol Psychology This study explores syntactic, pragmatic, and lexical influences on adherence to SV and VS orders in native and fluent L2 speakers of Spanish. A judgment task examined 20 native monolingual and 20 longstanding L2 bilingual Spanish speakers' acceptance of SV and VS structures. Seventy-six distinct verbs were tested under a combination of syntactic and pragmatic constraints. Our findings challenge the hypothesis that internal interfaces are acquired more easily than external interfaces (Sorace, 2005, 2011; Sorace and Filiaci, 2006; White, 2006). Additional findings are that (a) bilinguals' judgments are less firm overall than monolinguals' (i.e., monolinguals are more likely to give extreme “yes” or “no” judgments) and (b) individual verbs do not necessarily behave as predicted under standard definitions of unaccusatives and unergatives. Correlations of the patterns found in the data with verb frequencies suggest that usage-based accounts of grammatical knowledge could help provide insight into speakers' knowledge of these constructs. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4292789/ /pubmed/25628580 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01525 Text en Copyright © 2015 Parafita Couto, Mueller Gathercole and Stadthagen-González. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Mueller Gathercole, Virginia C.
Stadthagen-González, Hans
Interface strategies in monolingual and end-state L2 Spanish grammars are not that different
title Interface strategies in monolingual and end-state L2 Spanish grammars are not that different
title_full Interface strategies in monolingual and end-state L2 Spanish grammars are not that different
title_fullStr Interface strategies in monolingual and end-state L2 Spanish grammars are not that different
title_full_unstemmed Interface strategies in monolingual and end-state L2 Spanish grammars are not that different
title_short Interface strategies in monolingual and end-state L2 Spanish grammars are not that different
title_sort interface strategies in monolingual and end-state l2 spanish grammars are not that different
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25628580
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01525
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