Not All English Resultative Constructions (ERCs) Are Equal: The Acquisition of ERC by Spanish Speakers

Autor/inn/en	París, Luis; Celi, Maria Alejandra; Tabullo, Ángel; Godoy, Mahayana C.
Titel	Not All English Resultative Constructions (ERCs) Are Equal: The Acquisition of ERC by Spanish Speakers
Quelle	In: Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 30 (2023) 2, S.105-138 (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (París, Luis) ORCID (Celi, Maria Alejandra) ORCID (Tabullo, Ángel) ORCID (Godoy, Mahayana C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1048-9223
DOI	10.1080/10489223.2022.2141634
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Spanish; Spanish Speaking; Decision Making; Task Analysis; Language Processing; Native Speakers; Contrastive Linguistics; Language Proficiency; Grammar; Sentence Structure; Language Classification; Language Tests; Scores; Foreign Countries; Accuracy; Argentina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Spanisch; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Aufgabenanalyse; Sprachverarbeitung; Muttersprachler; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Grammatik; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Sprachtypologie; Language test; Sprachtest; Ausland; Argentinien
Abstract	The English Resultative Construction (ERC) is a satellite-framed structure with no identical equivalent in Spanish. In a series of studies, we analyzed and compared recognition (acceptability judgment task) and comprehension (sentence comprehension task) of three ERC subtypes with the English Depictive Construction (EDC) (which has a Spanish counterpart) by Spanish speaker learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Results showed that: 1) EDCs were better recognized than ERCs by L2 learners, but highly proficient participants were closer to English native speakers' performance, 2) Less proficient EFLs comprehended EDCs better than those ERC subtypes that were further from Spanish (ERC Property and Fake Reflexive). We interpret our findings in terms of an interlinguistic distance gradient, where those constructions present (EDC) or closer (ERC-Path) to L1 are more readily acquired. This effect seems more prominent at lower EFL proficiencies, and fades as proficiency increases, evolving towards a more native-like pattern. (As Provided).
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