The Specificity of Event Expression in First Language Influences Expression of Object Placement Events in Second Language

Autor/inn/en	Lewandowski, Wojciech; Özçaliskan, Seyda
Titel	The Specificity of Event Expression in First Language Influences Expression of Object Placement Events in Second Language
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 43 (2021) 4, S.838-869 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lewandowski, Wojciech)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-2631
DOI	10.1017/S0272263121000048
Schlagwörter	Contrastive Linguistics; Form Classes (Languages); Native Language; Second Languages; Spanish; Polish; German; Bilingualism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Analytischer Sprachbau; Second language; Zweitsprache; Spanisch; Polnisch; Deutscher; Bilingualismus
Abstract	Speakers show cross-linguistic differences in expressing placement events involving support (cup on table) and containment (apple in bowl) in first language (L1) contexts. They rely on either more-general (e.g., Spanish for support, Polish for containment) or more-specific (e.g., German, Polish for support; Spanish, German for containment) descriptions. Relatively less is known about the expression of placement events in second language (L2) production contexts. In this study, we examined object-placement event descriptions produced by two groups of L1 Polish speakers--with either German or Spanish as their L2--in comparison to monolingual speakers of German, Spanish, and Polish, using an animated event description task. Bilingual speakers showed greater effect of L1 patterns in moving from a more-general to a more-specific system and L2 patterns in moving from a more-specific to a more-general or between two more-specific systems, suggesting that the specificity of event expression in L1 influences patterns of placement expression in L2. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01