A rare structure at the syntax-discourse interface : Heritage and spanish-dominant native speakers weigh in

Leal, Tania and Rothman, Jason and Slabakova, Roumyana (2014) A rare structure at the syntax-discourse interface : Heritage and spanish-dominant native speakers weigh in. Language Acquisition, 21 (4): A006. pp. 411-429. ISSN 1048-9223

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

The present study examines knowledge of the discourse-appropriateness of Clitic Right Dislocation (CLRD) in a population of Heritage (HS) and Spanish-dominant Native Speakers in order to test the predictions of the Interface Hypothesis (IH; Sorace 2011). The IH predicts that speakers in language contact situations will experience difficulties with integrating information involving the interface of syntax and discourse modules. CLRD relates a dislocated constituent to a discourse antecedent, requiring integration of syntax and pragmatics. Results from an acceptability judgment task did not support the predictions of the IH. No statistical differences between the HSs’ performance and that of L1-dominant native speakers were evidenced when participants were presented with an offline task. Thus, our study did not find any evidence of “incomplete acquisition” (Montrul 2008) as it pertains to this specific linguistic structure.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Language Acquisition
Additional Information:
Publisher Copyright: © 2014, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1203
Subjects:
?? language and linguisticseducationlinguistics and language ??
ID Code:
223983
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
13 Sep 2024 14:37
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
17 Sep 2024 08:43