From Corpora to Experiments: Methodological Triangulation in the Study of Word Order at the Interfaces in Adult Late Bilinguals (L2 learners)

This paper shows the need to triangulate different approaches in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research to fully understand late bilinguals’ interlanguage grammars. Methodologically, we show how experimental and corpus data can be (and should be) triangulated by reporting on a c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of psycholinguistic research Jg. 47; H. 4; S. 871 - 898
Hauptverfasser: Mendikoetxea, Amaya, Lozano, Cristóbal
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Springer US 01.08.2018
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Schlagworte:
Adults
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Bilingual people
Bilingualism
Brain
Cognitive Processes
Cognitive Psychology
Corpus linguistics
Data processing
English as a second language learning
Experiments
Grammar
Grammar lexicon relationship
Grammatical subject
Hypotheses
Interfaces
Interlanguage
Language Acquisition
Linguists
Nouns
Phonology
Psycholinguistics
Psychology
Second Language Learning
Spanish language
Syntactic processing
Syntax
Syntax phonology relationship
Triangulation
Verbs
Word Order
Triangulation
Learner corpora
Lexicon-syntax interface
Offline experiments
Syntax-discourse interface
Postverbal subjects
Second language acquisition
ISSN:0090-6905, 1573-6555, 1573-6555
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Zusammenfassung:This paper shows the need to triangulate different approaches in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research to fully understand late bilinguals’ interlanguage grammars. Methodologically, we show how experimental and corpus data can be (and should be) triangulated by reporting on a corpus study (Lozano and Mendikoetxea in Biling Lang Cognit 13(4):475–497, 2010 ) and a new follow-up offline experiment investigating Subject–Verb inversion (Subject–Verb/Verb–Subject order) in L1 Spanish–L2 English (n = 417). Theoretically, we follow a recent line in psycholinguistic approaches to Bilingualism and SLA research (Interface Hypothesis, Sorace in Linguist Approaches Biling 1(1):1–33, 2011 ). It focuses on the interface between syntax and language-external modules of the mind/brain (syntax-discourse [end-focus principle] and syntax-phonology [end-weight principle]) as well as a language-internal interface (lexicon-syntax [unaccusative hypothesis]). We argue that it is precisely this multi-faceted interface approach (corpus and experimental data, core syntax and the interfaces, representational and processing models) that provides a deeper understanding of (i) the factors that favour inversion in L2 acquisition in particular and (ii) interlanguage grammars in general.
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ISSN:0090-6905
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DOI:10.1007/s10936-018-9560-0