Syntax and Discourse in Near-Native French: Clefts and Focus

Autor/in	Donaldson, Bryan
Titel	Syntax and Discourse in Near-Native French: Clefts and Focus
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 62 (2012) 3, S. 902-930Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00701.x
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Syntax; Native Speakers; French; Discourse Analysis; Second Language Learning; Grammar; Task Analysis; English; Foreign Countries; Adults; Suprasegmentals; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Muttersprachler; Französisch; Diskursanalyse; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Grammatik; Aufgabenanalyse; English language; Englisch; Ausland; Frankreich
Abstract	This study examines aspects of the syntax-discourse interface in near-native French. Two cleft structures--"c'est" clefts and "avoir" clefts--are examined in experimental and spontaneous conversational data from 10 adult Anglophone learners of French and ten native speakers of French. "C'est" clefts mark focus, and "avoir" clefts introduce new discourse referents. Although previous research on the syntax-discourse interface has revealed residual difficulties in near-native speakers, the near-natives in the present study evinced nativelike behavior on a range of measures, a finding that suggests complete acquisition of aspects of the syntax-discourse interface. (Contains 9 figures and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10