Acquiring phenomena at the syntax/semantics interface in L2 Spanish : The personal preposition a
Acquiring phenomena at the syntax/semantics interface in L2 Spanish : The personal preposition a
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习得第二西班牙语语法/语义界面的现象：人称介词 a
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10.1075/eurosla.7.06gui
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2007
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T. Marinis
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P. Guijarro;T. Marinis
最近的第二语言习得研究表明，纯粹的句法特征比涉及界面的特征更容易习得，也更不容易受到攻击（Sorace，2004; Serratrice et al. 2004）。本文通过对英语二语学习者习得西班牙语人称介词a的研究来探讨这一问题。直接宾语NP中a的分布与NP的特异性/确定性、主语的生命性/施事性以及动词语义有关（Torrego 1998; Zagona 2002）。33名不同英语水平的西班牙语二语学习者和14名西班牙语控制者参与了可接受性判断任务。结果表明，本族语者和L2学习者的所有熟练程度之间的显着差异，谁表现在机会，并支持声称，L2学习者有困难的收购结构涉及的句法/语义接口。然而，高级学习者表现出敏感性，最不复杂的条件提供证据，界面现象可能是收购。
Recent second language (L2) acquisition research has proposed that purely syntactic features are easier to acquire and less vulnerable than ones involving the interfaces (Sorace, 2004; Serratrice et al. 2004). The present paper addresses this issue by investigating the acquisition of the Spanish personal preposition a in English L2 learners of Spanish. The distribution of a in direct object NPs relates to the specificity/definiteness of the NP, the animacy/agentivity of the subject, and verb semantics (Torrego 1998; Zagona 2002). 33 English L2 learners of Spanish of different proficiency levels, and 14 Spanish controls participated in an acceptability judgement task. The results showed significant differences between native speakers and L2 learners of all proficiency levels, who performed at chance, and support the claim that L2 learners have difficulties acquiring structures involving the syntax/semantics interface. However, the advanced learners showed sensitivity to the least complex condition providing evidence that interface phenomena may be acquirable.