Search Results - Syntax–discourse interface

L2 acquisition of Wh-interrogatives at the syntax-discourse interface: interface hypothesis again [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Shormani, Mohammed

“…This study sets out to answer one major question: do linguistic phenomena relating to syntax-discourse interface constitute difficulty for Yemeni learners of English…”
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WH-TOPICALIZATION AT THE SYNTAX-DISCOURSE INTERFACE IN ENGLISH SPEAKERS’ L2 CHINESE GRAMMARS by Yuan, Boping, Dugarova, Esuna

“…Although wh-words generally stay in situ in Chinese wh-questions, they can be topicalized. However, the wh-topicalization is determined at the syntax-discourse interface and has to be governed by discourse conditions…”
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The L3 syntax–discourse interface by SLABAKOVA, ROUMYANA, GARCÍA MAYO, MARÍA DEL PILAR

“…This article considers the acquisition of three English syntax–discourse interface constructions…”
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Russian speakers' L2 Chinese acquisition of wh-topicalization at the syntax—discourse interface by Dugarova, Esuna

“… what the current article aims to provide. An empirical study reported here investigates whether Russian-speaking learners are able to acquire Chinese wh-topicalization that lies at the syntax-discourse interface, an instance of the external interface…”
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Contextual Conditions and Constraints in Chinese Dangling Topics: Syntax-Discourse Interface Analysis by Wu, Jiayi

“…This present study verifies the aboutness condition proposed by Chao, 1968; Chafe, 1976; Li and Thompson, 1981; Xu and Langendoen, 1985 and many others as a…”
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The acquisition of object movement in Dutch: L1 transfer and near-native grammars at the syntax–discourse interface by Smeets, Liz

“…This article investigates near-native grammars at the syntax–discourse interface by examining the second language (L2…”
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Focus at the syntax–discourse interface in L2 Spanish: Optionality and unaccusativity reconsidered by Gupton, Timothy, Sánchez Calderón, Silvia

“… Results suggest a number of key findings: (1) by the high intermediate level, L2ers acquire the relevant syntactic and syntax information structure interface competencies for both predicate types; (2…”
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Towards a model of the syntax–discourse interface: a syntactic analysis of please by WOODS, REBECCA

“…This article examines the syntax and semantics of please. Using a mainstream generative syntactic framework, I propose that syntactically integrated please is…”
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Frequency at the syntax–discourse interface: A bidirectional study on fronting options in L1/L2 German and L1/L2 English by Hopp, Holger, Bail, Joseph, Jackson, Carrie N.

“…–discourse interface in the L2. L1-German–L2-English and L1-English–L2-German speakers completed a speeded naturalness judgment task…”
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The effect of construction frequency and native transfer on second language knowledge of the syntax–discourse interface by SLABAKOVA, ROUMYANA

“…This article investigates knowledge of discourse-conditioned left dislocations in the interlanguage competence in Spanish and English second language learners…”
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Clitic-doubled left dislocation and focus fronting in L2 Spanish: A case of successful acquisition at the syntax-discourse interface by Slabakova, Roumyana, Kempchinsky, Paula, Rothman, Jason

“…This experimental study tests the Interface Hypothesis by looking into processes at the syntaxdiscourse interface, teasing apart acquisition of syntactic, semantic and discourse knowledge. Adopting Lopez's (2009…”
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The syntax–discourse interface in near-native L2 acquisition: Off-line and on-line performance by HOPP, HOLGER

“…This study investigates ultimate attainment at the syntax–discourse interface in adult second-language (L2) acquisition. In total, 91 L1 (first-language…”
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Person and the syntax–discourse interface: An eye-tracking study of agreement by Mancini, Simona, Molinaro, Nicola, Davidson, Doug J., Avilés, Alberto, Carreiras, Manuel

“…•We investigated the role of morphosyntax and discourse in agreement comprehension.•We compared unagreement, standard agreement, null-subject and incorrect…”
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A more careful look at the syntax–discourse interface by Slabakova, Roumyana, Ivanov, Ivan

“…–discourse interface properties. Both Valenzuela (2005, 2006) and Ivanov (2009) investigate the L2 acquisition of clitic left dislocation (CLLD…”
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The syntax-discourse interface : representing and interpreting dependency by Burkhardt, Petra

“… First, the establishment of dependency is discussed within a model of syntax-discourse correspondences that predicts an economy-based dependency hierarchy contingent on the level of representation…”
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Daniel Altshuler & Robert Truswell, Coordination and the syntax-discourse interface (Oxford Surveys in Syntax and Morphology 11 ). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp. xii + 315 by CHAVES, RUI P.

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Information structure : the syntax-discourse interface by Erteschik-Shir, Nomi

“…This introduction to the role of information structure in grammar discusses a wide range of phenomena on the syntax-information structure interface…”
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Acquisition of the syntax–discourse interface: The expression of point of view by Lillo-Martin, Diane, Quadros, Ronice Müller de

“…This study examines the proposal that the syntax–discourse interface is particularly vulnerable, and therefore components of this interface are acquired later than those of the syntax–semantics interface…”
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Discourse-related expletives: Challenges and opportunities by Booth, Hannah, Groothuis, Kim A.

“…–discourse interface, although work in this area to date has mainly focused on the phenomenon in individual varieties…”
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Information structure : the syntax-discourse interface by Erteschik-Shir, Nomi

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