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 | English |
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| Pages | 59-60 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Event | 14th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference - Southampton, United Kingdom Duration: 7 Apr 2017 → 9 Apr 2017 https://www.southampton.ac.uk/gasla14/index.page |
Conference
| Conference | 14th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | GASLA 14 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Southampton |
| Period | 7/04/17 → 9/04/17 |
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Keywords
- Second Language Acquisition
- near-nativeness
- Syntax-discourse interface
- Locative inversion
- aquisição de segunda língua
- nível quase-nativo
- interface sintaxe-discurso
- inversão locativa