The Acquisition of Object Movement in Dutch: L1 Transfer and Near-Native Grammars at the Syntax-Discourse Interface

Autor/in	Smeets, Liz
Titel	The Acquisition of Object Movement in Dutch: L1 Transfer and Near-Native Grammars at the Syntax-Discourse Interface
Quelle	In: Second Language Research, 35 (2019) 4, S.479-504 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-6583
DOI	10.1177/0267658318782357
Schlagwörter	Syntax; Second Language Learning; Indo European Languages; Semantics; English; German; Native Language; Cognitive Mapping; Language Research; Form Classes (Languages); Decision Making; Task Analysis; Cues; Discourse Analysis; Linguistic Input; Linguistic Theory; Transfer of Training; Grammar; Cloze Procedure; Language Tests; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Indoeuropäisch; Semantik; English language; Englisch; Deutscher; Sprachforschung; Analytischer Sprachbau; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Aufgabenanalyse; Stichwort; Diskursanalyse; Sprachbildung; Linguistische Theorie; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Grammatik; Lückentext; Language test; Sprachtest
Abstract	This article investigates near-native grammars at the syntax--discourse interface by examining the second language (L2) acquisition of two different domains of object movement in Dutch, which exhibit syntax-discourse or syntax-semantics level properties. English and German near-native speakers of Dutch, where German but not English allows the same mapping strategies as Dutch in the phenomena under investigation, are tested on two felicity judgment tasks and a truth value judgment task. The results from the English participants show sensitivity to discourse information on the acceptability of non-canonical word orders, but only when the relevant discourse cues are sufficiently salient in the input. The acquisition of semantic effects on object movement was native-like for a large subset of the participants. The German group performed on target in all experiments. The results are partially in line with previous studies reporting L2 convergence at the syntax-discourse interface, but suggest that input effects should also be taken into account. Furthermore, the differences between the first language (L1) English and the L1 German group suggests that non-target performance at the syntax-discourse interface is not caused by general bilingual difficulties in integrating discourse information into syntax. The article elaborates on factors that contribute to (in)complete acquisition at the syntax-discourse interface. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01