Doctoral Dissertation Research, First and Second-Language Patterns of Variation: Acquisition and Use of Simple Present and Present Progressive Forms in Spanish and English

博士论文研究，第一和第二语言的变异模式：西班牙语和英语中简单现在时和现在进行进行形式的习得和使用

• 批准号: 1226945
• 负责人: Kimberly Geeslin
• 金额: $ 0.91万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1226945&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; First; Second

This dissertation addresses the acquisition of the present progressive, and the variation of this form with the simple present, by English-speaking learners of Spanish in the U.S. Empirical research on the variation of these forms by native speakers of English and Spanish, and, in particular the acquisition of the present progressive by nonnative speakers of Spanish is scarce. While seeking to fill this void in the literature, a second major contribution of this project is the extension of the analysis to other types of progressive constructions (i.e. seguir, venir, ir, andar + V-ndo) which have received considerably less attention than the more frequent estar + V-ndo form, especially in the second-language (L2) variationist literature.Relatively little is known about how English-speaking learners of Spanish deal with the differences between the uses of the simple present and present progressive forms in these two languages. At what level of proficiency do they begin to employ both forms, in similar contexts as native speakers of Spanish? Do they acquire the full range of progressive constructions, and sensitivity to the same linguistic predictors of use found in native speaker grammars? The current study will answer these questions empirically through the use of film narrations, written contextualized questionnaires, and surveys of language-learning experiences from 120 participants. The goals of this research project are: (a) to provide a detailed analysis of the distribution and use of simple present forms, and a range of progressive constructions, for native and nonnative speakers of Spanish; (b) to document task variation for the forms under investigation through multiple methods of data collection; (c) to provide valuable data on L2 acquisition of the tense-aspect system in Spanish, which will have implications for theories of language learning; and lastly (d) to inform sociolinguistic and syntactic theory through detailed empirical documentation of patterns of use of present progressive and simple present verb forms in both Spanish and English. This project will also support the education and training of an early-career scientist.

本文讨论了现在进行时的习得，以及这种形式与简单现在时的变化，由英语为母语的西班牙语学习者在美国的实证研究这些形式的变化由英语和西班牙语的母语者，特别是现在进行时的习得西班牙语的非母语者是稀缺的。在试图填补这一文献空白的同时，该项目的第二个主要贡献是将分析扩展到其他类型的进行体结构（即seguir，venir，ir，andar + V-ndo），它们受到的关注远远少于更常见的estar + V-ndo形式，特别是在第二语言（L2）变分文学。相对较少的是知道如何英语-学习西班牙语的人要处理两种语言中一般现在时和现在进行时的用法差异。在什么水平的熟练程度上，他们开始使用这两种形式，在类似的背景下，作为母语的西班牙语？他们是否获得了全方位的进行式结构，以及对母语语法中相同的语言预测因素的敏感性？本研究将通过使用电影叙事、书面语境化问卷以及对120名参与者的语言学习经验的调查来实证地回答这些问题。 本研究项目的目标是：（a）对西班牙语本族语者和非本族语者的简单现在时形式和一系列进行式结构的分布和使用情况进行详细分析;（B）通过多种数据收集方法，记录所调查形式的任务变化;（c）为二语习得西班牙语时体系统提供有价值的数据，这将对语言学习理论产生影响;最后（d）通过对西班牙语和英语中现在进行式和简单现在动词形式的使用模式的详细实证文件，为社会语言学和句法理论提供信息。 该项目还将支持教育和培训早期职业科学家。