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T1 L1 attrition in Spanish speakers of English: split intransitivity and the syntax−semantics interface
A1 Gómez Ibarrondo, Tomás
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 L1 attrition, syntax−semantics interface, Spanish, split intransitivity, unergative, unaccusative.
K1 atrición de la L1, interfaz sintáctico-semántica, español, intransitividad escindida, inergativo, inacusativo.
AB Research on bilingual linguistic development has demonstrated that, after prolonged useof a second language (L2), syntactic structures from the first language (L1) that interfacewith extralinguistc factors (i.e. syntax−discourse interface) may be vulnerable to attrition.This dissertation presents data from an experimental study intended to test whethersyntactic structures that interface with other linguistic aspects (i.e. syntax−semanticsinterface) are also affected by attrition. Split intransitivity, an understudied phenomenonin L1 attrition, was chosen to evaluate this possibility. An experimental group of Spanishspeakers who presented conditions conductive to L1 attrition, as well as a control groupof non-attrited Spanish speakers, performed an Acceptability Judgment Task. The resultsrevealed no significant differences between the two groups, suggesting that languagestructures dependent on syntax−semantics interface conditions have greater stability andare, therefore, unaffected in L1 attrition.
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/33291
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/33291
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 08-may-2024