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| Autor/in | Oshita, Hiroyuki |
|---|---|
| Titel | Is there anything there when there is not there? Null expletives and second language data. |
| Quelle | In: Second language research, 20 (2004) 2, S. 95-130Infoseite zur Zeitschrift |
| Beigaben | Anmerkungen; Literaturangaben; Tabellen 1 |
| Sprache | englisch; italienisch; französische Zitate |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0267-6583 |
| Schlagwörter | Empirische Forschung; Grammatik; Korpusanalyse; Native Speaker; Subjekt (Ling); Syntax; Vergleichende Analyse; Lernersprache; Zweitsprachenerwerbsforschung; Englisch |
| Abstract | The article explores the issue of the psychological reality of null expletives, i.e., the silent counterparts of the so-called dummy subjects such as English it and there. Following Jackendoff's (1997; 2002) notion of 'defective' lexical item, the author defines null expletives as extremely 'defective' words with syntactic properties but no semantic or phonological content. By comparing native speakers of pro -drop languages and those of topic -drop languages in terms of their grammatical judgement of and productive use of English, he argues that null expletives are very likely psychologically real to speakers of pro -drop languages but not to those of topic -drop languages. This conclusion is based on observations made in previous second language (L2) studies and the analysis of data obtained from a large corpus of nonnative English. The question of the unaccusative - unergative distinction in L2 grammar and the linguistic characterization of so-called free subject - verb inversion in pro -drop languages are also discussed in relation to the issue of the psychological reality of null expletives. (Verlag, adapt.). |
| Erfasst von | Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg |
| Update | 2023/1 |
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