Subject inversion in non-native Spanish
Subject inversion in non-native Spanish
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DOI：
10.1016/j.lingua.2014.04.004
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发表时间：
2014-06-01
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1.1
通讯作者：
Arche, Maria J.
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作者：
Dominguez, Laura;Arche, Maria J.
本研究为西班牙语SV-VS对比这一语法语用界面现象的二语习得提供了新的实证证据。对不同语境下非否定动词和非宾格动词的偏好测试结果表明，初级和中级英语使用者在所有语境下都偏好SV。相比之下，高级学习者清楚地知道在西班牙语中有可能使用VS，他们在使用非否定动词时表现出一种选择性模式（在广义和狭义聚焦上下文中），而在广义和狭义聚焦上下文中，他们都正确地选择使用非宾格动词。我们认为这些结果可以用表征缺陷来解释，根据表征缺陷，VS顺序被过度概括为非否定动词，而不考虑话语情境。我们认为，缺乏明确的证据表明学习者在母语输入中使用SV和VS形式，这加剧了学习者过度使用VS结构。(C) 2014 Elsevier B.V.版权所有
This study presents new empirical evidence on the L2 acquisition of Spanish SV-VS contrasts, a syntax-pragmatics interface phenomenon. Results from a context-dependant preference task involving unergative and unaccusative verbs in different focus situations (broad and narrow focus) reveal that beginner and intermediate English speakers prefer SV in all contexts. In contrast, advanced learners, who clearly know that VS is possible in Spanish, show a pattern of optionality with unergative verbs (in both broad and narrow focus contexts), whereas VS is correctly preferred with unaccusative verbs in both broad and narrowly-focused contexts. We argue that these results can be explained by a representational deficit according to which the VS order is overgeneralised to unergative verbs regardless of the discursive situation. We argue that learners' overuse of VS structures is exacerbated by the lack of clear evidence for the use of SV and VS forms in the native input. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.