Abstract
This study investigates the acquisition of locative inversion in advanced and near-native English by L1 speakers of French and European Portuguese. Its results lend support to the view that the syntax-discourse/pragmatics interface is a locus of residual, but permanent, optionality, because L2 speakers are less than optimally efficient at integrating syntactic and contextual information in real-time language use as a by-product of bilingualism.
| Original language | Portuguese |
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| Pages | 11-13 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Event | XI Fórum de Partilha Linguística - Lisboa - FCSH Duration: 25 Nov 2016 → … |
Conference
| Conference | XI Fórum de Partilha Linguística |
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| Period | 25/11/16 → … |
Keywords
- second language aquisition
- near-nativeness
- syntax-discourse interface
- locative inversion
- aquisição de segunda língua
- nível quase-nativo
- interface sintaxe-discurso
- inversão locativa