Motion event construal in L2 French and Italian: from acquisitional perspectives to pedagogical implications

IF 1.4 2区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Iral-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching Pub Date : 2022-08-08 DOI:10.1515/iral-2022-0046

Simona Anastasio

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Abstract

Abstract This study explores motion event construal in a story-telling task produced by learners of L2 French and Italian (intermediate vs advanced), whose L1 is typologically close to (Italian or French) or distant (English) from the TL. English, characteristically classified as S-language, contrasts with Italian and French, both typically considered as V-languages. Nevertheless, Italian is more satellite-framed than French. We examine (a) the extent to which learners get closer to the target preferences in coding motion, (b) the role of cross-linguistic influence, (c) the implications of our typological and acquisitional results in the language class. The findings show that L2 intermediate productions are similar across L1s’ (no specific L1 effect in L2), whereas cross-linguistic influence is evident at the advanced level when SL-TL have analogous formal structures (verb-particle constructions). L1 Romance learners look for similarities in the L2 rather than for L2-specific alternatives, despite the partial proximity between French and Italian.

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二语法语和意大利语中的动作事件构念：从习得视角到教学启示

摘要本研究探讨了第二语言法语和意大利语（中级和高级）学习者在讲故事任务中的动作事件构念，其L1在类型上接近（意大利语或法语）或远离（英语）TL。英语是S语言的特征，与意大利语和法语形成对比，两者都通常被视为V语言。尽管如此，意大利语比法语更像是卫星框架。我们研究了（a）学习者在编码运动中更接近目标偏好的程度，（b）跨语言影响的作用，（c）我们的类型学和习得结果在语言课堂中的含义。研究结果表明，L2中间产物在L1之间是相似的（在L2中没有特定的L1效应），而当SL-TL具有类似的形式结构（动词-助词结构）时，跨语言影响在高级水平上是明显的。一级浪漫主义学习者在二级语言中寻找相似之处，而不是寻找二级语言特定的替代方案，尽管法语和意大利语部分接近。

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期刊介绍： International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching is devoted to problems of general and applied linguistics in their various forms.