The acquisition of object movement in Dutch L1 transfer and near-native grammars at the syntax–discourse interface

This article investigates near-native grammars at the syntax–discourse interface by examining the second language (L2) acquisition of two different domains of object movement in Dutch, which exhibit syntax–discourse or syntax–semantics level properties. English and German near-native speakers of Dut...

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Vydáno v:	Second language research Ročník 35; číslo 4; s. 479 - 504
Hlavní autor:	Smeets, Liz
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	London, England Sage Publications, Ltd 01.10.2019 SAGE Publications Sage Publications Ltd
Témata:	Acceptability Acquisition Bilingualism Cloze Procedure Cognitive Mapping Comparative Analysis Convergence Cues Decision Making Discourse Discourse Analysis Dutch language English English language Experiments Felicity Form Classes (Languages) German German language Grammar Indo European Languages Judgment Language acquisition Language Research Language Tests Learning transfer Linguistic Input Linguistic Theory Mapping Native Language Native Speakers Property Second Language Learning Semantics Syntactic movement Syntax Syntax discourse relationship Syntax semantics relationship Task Analysis Transfer of Training Truth Value Judgment near-native grammars object movement interface hypothesis L1 transfer syntax–discourse interface
ISSN:	0267-6583, 1477-0326
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Shrnutí:	This article investigates near-native grammars at the syntax–discourse interface by examining the second language (L2) acquisition of two different domains of object movement in Dutch, which exhibit syntax–discourse or syntax–semantics level properties. English and German near-native speakers of Dutch, where German but not English allows the same mapping strategies as Dutch in the phenomena under investigation, are tested on two felicity judgment tasks and a truth value judgment task. The results from the English participants show sensitivity to discourse information on the acceptability of non-canonical word orders, but only when the relevant discourse cues are sufficiently salient in the input. The acquisition of semantic effects on object movement was native-like for a large subset of the participants. The German group performed on target in all experiments. The results are partially in line with previous studies reporting L2 convergence at the syntax–discourse interface, but suggest that input effects should also be taken into account. Furthermore, the differences between the first language (L1) English and the L1 German group suggests that non-target performance at the syntax–discourse interface is not caused by general bilingual difficulties in integrating discourse information into syntax. The article elaborates on factors that contribute to (in)complete acquisition at the syntax–discourse interface.
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ISSN:	0267-6583 1477-0326
DOI:	10.1177/0267658318782357