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Reconstructing the expression of placement events in Danish as a second language

Cross-linguistic research on event typology has revealed considerable variation in the linguistic conceptualization of placement events. Previous studies on second language acquisition have primarily dealt with the semantic re-categorization of placement verbs in a second language, but placement con...

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Autores principales: Cadierno, Teresa, Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide, Hijazo-Gascón, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9869158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36698586
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.922682
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author Cadierno, Teresa
Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide
Hijazo-Gascón, Alberto
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Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide
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description Cross-linguistic research on event typology has revealed considerable variation in the linguistic conceptualization of placement events. Previous studies on second language acquisition have primarily dealt with the semantic re-categorization of placement verbs in a second language, but placement constructions have received less attention. The present study fills this gap by examining the constructions used by Spanish learners of L2 Danish (B1 and B2 levels) and by monolingual speakers of both languages. Data were elicited by means of the PUT task consisting of oral video descriptions and then classified into six main placement construction categories based on their frequency and structure. Results from the learner group suggest learning difficulties when reconstructing the expression of placement events in L2 Danish. In contrast to L1 Danish data, learners (i) kept using their L1 Spanish basic placement construction more often, (ii) avoided semantically more complex constructions, (iii) employed fewer spatial particles, (iv) showed difficulties in selecting the L2 appropriate spatial particles for specific placement scenes, and (v) used non-caused motion constructions. These findings suggest the creation of a linguistic conceptualization pattern on the part of the learners that is different from the respective L1 and L2 monolingual patterns, thus providing further empirical support for proposals arguing that bilinguals’ multicompetence is not equivalent to those of two monolinguals.
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spelling pubmed-98691582023-01-24 Reconstructing the expression of placement events in Danish as a second language Cadierno, Teresa Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide Hijazo-Gascón, Alberto Front Psychol Psychology Cross-linguistic research on event typology has revealed considerable variation in the linguistic conceptualization of placement events. Previous studies on second language acquisition have primarily dealt with the semantic re-categorization of placement verbs in a second language, but placement constructions have received less attention. The present study fills this gap by examining the constructions used by Spanish learners of L2 Danish (B1 and B2 levels) and by monolingual speakers of both languages. Data were elicited by means of the PUT task consisting of oral video descriptions and then classified into six main placement construction categories based on their frequency and structure. Results from the learner group suggest learning difficulties when reconstructing the expression of placement events in L2 Danish. In contrast to L1 Danish data, learners (i) kept using their L1 Spanish basic placement construction more often, (ii) avoided semantically more complex constructions, (iii) employed fewer spatial particles, (iv) showed difficulties in selecting the L2 appropriate spatial particles for specific placement scenes, and (v) used non-caused motion constructions. These findings suggest the creation of a linguistic conceptualization pattern on the part of the learners that is different from the respective L1 and L2 monolingual patterns, thus providing further empirical support for proposals arguing that bilinguals’ multicompetence is not equivalent to those of two monolinguals. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9869158/ /pubmed/36698586 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.922682 Text en Copyright © 2023 Cadierno, Ibarretxe-Antuñano and Hijazo-Gascón. https://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) and the copyright owner(s) 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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Hijazo-Gascón, Alberto
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title_full_unstemmed Reconstructing the expression of placement events in Danish as a second language
title_short Reconstructing the expression of placement events in Danish as a second language
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9869158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36698586
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.922682
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