Prepositions in Contexts of Coordination: The Developmental Trajectory and Language Variation

Autor/inn/en	Gudmestad, Aarnes; Clay, Rebecca
Titel	Prepositions in Contexts of Coordination: The Developmental Trajectory and Language Variation
Quelle	In: Hispania, 102 (2019) 1, S.75-90 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2133
Schlagwörter	Language Variation; Form Classes (Languages); Spanish; Morphology (Languages); Syntax; Native Speakers; Second Language Learning; Adult Students; Prediction; Interlanguage; Computational Linguistics; Task Analysis; English; Grammar; Language Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachenvielfalt; Analytischer Sprachbau; Spanisch; Morphology; Morphologie; Muttersprachler; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Vorhersage; Zielsprache; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Aufgabenanalyse; English language; Englisch; Grammatik; Language test; Sprachtest
Abstract	This study examines the variable occurrence of preposition duplication in contexts of coordination in Spanish (e.g., "Fui con mi madre y (con) mi padre"). We build on previous research on this variable morphosyntactic phenomenon (namely, prepositions in contexts of coordination) by expanding the type of data and the independent variables analyzed. The examination of data from a written contextualized task suggests that duplication is the preferred variant for native speakers and that the linguistic factors of animacy, preposition type, and coordinator condition variation. We also extend the investigation of prepositions in contexts of coordination to adult second-language learners of Spanish. The results from four instructional levels of learners show numerous changes along the acquisitional path, both in the frequency of selection of the variants and of the factors that predict their occurrence. They also suggest that this variable structure is acquired late. Thus, the present investigation contributes to the understanding of second-language variation by providing information on the developmental trajectory and targetlikeness of a variable structure that has not been examined previously in the field of second language acquisition. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Inc. 900 Ladd Road, Walled Lake, MI 48390. Tel: 248-960-2180; Fax: 248-960-9570; e-mail: AATSPoffice@aatsp.org; Web site: http://www.aatsp.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01