Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners
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Resumo: | The present study investigates the acquisition of the English double object constructions (GOLDBERG, 1995) by Brazilian learners. We hypothesize that, due to first language (L1) influences, the prepositional ditransitive construction (John gave a book to Mary) will be acquired earlier, while the ditransitive construction (John gave Mary a book) will be part of the learner’s interlanguages (SELINKER, 1972) only at the advanced level of proficiency. We also hypothesize that learners may transfer (ODLIN, 1989) the placement of the object pronoun in pre-verbal position from their L1 to their interlanguage in early stages of acquisition (João me deu um livro / *John me gave a book). We test our hypotheses by comparing the performance of three groups of learners (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) and native speakers of English on an acceptability judgment task used as a measure of learnability and generalization. Results confirm the order of acquisition of the English double object constructions predicted for native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Moreover, results suggest that, although mother tongue influences may have taken place, they do not do so pervasively, but rather selectively, corroborating the proposal by Kellerman (1983). |
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learnersCross-linguistic influenceSelective transferDouble object constructionsBilingualismThe present study investigates the acquisition of the English double object constructions (GOLDBERG, 1995) by Brazilian learners. We hypothesize that, due to first language (L1) influences, the prepositional ditransitive construction (John gave a book to Mary) will be acquired earlier, while the ditransitive construction (John gave Mary a book) will be part of the learner’s interlanguages (SELINKER, 1972) only at the advanced level of proficiency. We also hypothesize that learners may transfer (ODLIN, 1989) the placement of the object pronoun in pre-verbal position from their L1 to their interlanguage in early stages of acquisition (João me deu um livro / *John me gave a book). We test our hypotheses by comparing the performance of three groups of learners (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) and native speakers of English on an acceptability judgment task used as a measure of learnability and generalization. Results confirm the order of acquisition of the English double object constructions predicted for native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Moreover, results suggest that, although mother tongue influences may have taken place, they do not do so pervasively, but rather selectively, corroborating the proposal by Kellerman (1983).UNESP2013-08-28info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/5291ALFA: Revista de Linguística; v. 57 n. 2 (2013)1981-5794reponame:Alfa (São José do Rio Preto. Online)instname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPporhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/5291/4673Copyright (c) 2013 ALFA: Revista de Linguísticainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessZara, Júlia VidigalOliveira, Fernando Luiz Pereira deSouza, Ricardo Augusto de2013-08-29T00:41:10Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5291Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1981-5794&lng=pt&nrm=isoPUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpalfa@unesp.br1981-57940002-5216opendoar:2013-08-29T00:41:10Alfa (São José do Rio Preto. Online) - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners |
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners |
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners Zara, Júlia Vidigal Cross-linguistic influence Selective transfer Double object constructions Bilingualism |
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners |
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners |
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners |
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners |
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners |
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Zara, Júlia Vidigal |
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Zara, Júlia Vidigal Oliveira, Fernando Luiz Pereira de Souza, Ricardo Augusto de |
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Oliveira, Fernando Luiz Pereira de Souza, Ricardo Augusto de |
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Zara, Júlia Vidigal Oliveira, Fernando Luiz Pereira de Souza, Ricardo Augusto de |
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Cross-linguistic influence Selective transfer Double object constructions Bilingualism |
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Cross-linguistic influence Selective transfer Double object constructions Bilingualism |
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The present study investigates the acquisition of the English double object constructions (GOLDBERG, 1995) by Brazilian learners. We hypothesize that, due to first language (L1) influences, the prepositional ditransitive construction (John gave a book to Mary) will be acquired earlier, while the ditransitive construction (John gave Mary a book) will be part of the learner’s interlanguages (SELINKER, 1972) only at the advanced level of proficiency. We also hypothesize that learners may transfer (ODLIN, 1989) the placement of the object pronoun in pre-verbal position from their L1 to their interlanguage in early stages of acquisition (João me deu um livro / *John me gave a book). We test our hypotheses by comparing the performance of three groups of learners (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) and native speakers of English on an acceptability judgment task used as a measure of learnability and generalization. Results confirm the order of acquisition of the English double object constructions predicted for native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Moreover, results suggest that, although mother tongue influences may have taken place, they do not do so pervasively, but rather selectively, corroborating the proposal by Kellerman (1983). |
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