Constraints on the argument structure of dative verbs in advanced L3 English

IF 0.4 3区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
A. Hermas
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the acquisition of the argument structure of dative verbs in L3 English. The learners are L1 Moroccan Arabic–L2 French adults advanced in L3 English. The study considers whether the L3 learners in a formal foreign language instruction context can develop nativelike sensitivity to the semantic and morphological constraints on the distribution of double objects and prepositional phrases in dative constructions. The results of a grammaticality judgment and correction task reveal overgeneralization effects on non-alternating verbs in advanced L3 ultimate attainment. At the same time, the L3 learners show nativelike sensitivity to instances of subtle semantics, but not morphology, associated with dative constructions. The analysis of individual results provides empirical evidence supporting the claim that syntax–semantics and syntax–morphology interface properties are acquirable even if they are language-specific and previously inactive in the L1/L2. Thus, in ultimate attainment, L3 acquisition is another instance of L2 acquisition.
高级三阶英语与格动词论元结构的制约
摘要:本研究探讨了三年级英语与格动词论元结构的习得。学习者是L1摩洛哥阿拉伯语- l2法语成人L3英语高级。本研究考察了三年级学习者在正式的外语教学环境中,是否能够对与格结构中双重宾语和介词短语分布的语义和形态限制发展出与母语学习者相似的敏感性。一项语法判断和纠正任务的结果揭示了高级L3终极成就中非交替动词的过度概括效应。与此同时,L3学习者对与与格结构相关的微妙语义实例表现出类似于母语的敏感性,而不是形态学。对个别结果的分析提供了经验证据,支持语法-语义和语法-形态界面属性是可获得的,即使它们是特定于语言的,并且以前在L1/L2中不活跃。因此,在最终成就中,第三语言习得是第二语言习得的另一个实例。
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