New information subjects in L2 acquisition: evidence from Italian and Finnish
Recent work on second language acquisition within the generative framework has pointed out interfaces (syntax-discourse, syntax-semantics, etc.) as a residual domain of vulnerability in L2. Rather than in core syntax, it is at the interface level that the divergence between native and non-native gra...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | Italian |
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Florence
Firenze University Press
2015
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| Series: | Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | Recent work on second language acquisition within the generative framework has pointed out interfaces (syntax-discourse, syntax-semantics, etc.) as a residual domain of vulnerability in L2. Rather than in core syntax, it is at the interface level that the divergence between native and non-native grammars has been shown to be more prominent. In this book the investigation of answering strategies and the focalization of new information subjects, which require access to the syntax-discourse interface, will be pursued. Data is collected through an oral elicitation task on Finnish and Italian, a rather unexplored language pair, in various stages of language development: advanced and intermediate L2 acquisition, L1 under L2 attrition, early bilingualism, child monolingual L1 development. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (152 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-88-6655-870-5 9788866558705 9788892733060 |
| Access: | Open Access |