Does the Owl Fly out of the Tree or Does the Owl Exit the Tree Flying? How L2 Learners Overcome Their L1 Lexicalization Biases

Autor/inn/en	Song, Lulu; Pulverman, Rachel; Pepe, Christina; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy
Titel	Does the Owl Fly out of the Tree or Does the Owl Exit the Tree Flying? How L2 Learners Overcome Their L1 Lexicalization Biases
Quelle	In: Language Learning and Development, 12 (2016) 1, S.42-59 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1547-5441
DOI	10.1080/15475441.2014.989051
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Spanish; Verbs; Contrastive Linguistics; English; Phrase Structure; Language Patterns; Task Analysis; Advanced Students; Study Abroad; Correlation; Native Speakers; Regression (Statistics); Transfer of Training; Pictorial Stimuli; Interference (Language); Databases; College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Spanisch; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; English language; Englisch; Phrasenstruktur; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Aufgabenanalyse; Fortgeschrittener; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Korrelation; Muttersprachler; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Fantasieanregung; Datenbank; Collegestudent
Abstract	Learning a language is more than learning its vocabulary and grammar. For example, compared with English, Spanish uses many more path verbs such as "ascender" ("to move upward") and "salir" ("to go out"), and expresses manner of motion optionally. English, in contrast, has many manner verbs (e.g., "run, jog") and expresses path in prepositional phrases (e.g., "out" of the barn). The way in which a language encodes an event is known as its "lexicalization pattern" or "bias". Using a written sentence elicitation task, we asked whether adult Spanish learners whose L1 was English adopted Spanish lexicalization biases, and what types of L2 exposure facilitated the learning of lexicalization biases. Results showed that advanced, but not intermediate, adult Spanish learners showed a path bias comparable to that found in native speakers of Spanish. Furthermore, study abroad experience is associated with better acquisition of L2 lexicalization biases when describing certain types of events. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01