Word Order variation in L1 and L2 Italian speakers

This paper investigates the Italian Word Order variation in the position of subjects (S) with respect to finite predicates (V) in two adult populations: L1-Italian speakers and L1-French L2-Italian speakers. We test how discourse focus (Belletti, 2001) and a decomposed approach to Unaccusativity, i....

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Autores: Tasinato, Caterina, Sanfelici, Emanuela|||0000-0003-2592-4528
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:267155
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/267155
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/isogloss.219
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adult L2 acquisition
Focus
Unaccusativity Hierarchy
Word Order variation
Italian
French
Interface Hypothesis
Lexical Semantics
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spelling Word Order variation in L1 and L2 Italian speakers the role of Focus and the Unaccusativity Hierarchy Tasinato, Caterina Sanfelici, Emanuela|||0000-0003-2592-4528 Adult L2 acquisition Focus Unaccusativity Hierarchy Word Order variation Italian French Interface Hypothesis Lexical Semantics This paper investigates the Italian Word Order variation in the position of subjects (S) with respect to finite predicates (V) in two adult populations: L1-Italian speakers and L1-French L2-Italian speakers. We test how discourse focus (Belletti, 2001) and a decomposed approach to Unaccusativity, i.e., Unaccusativity Hierarchy (Sorace, 2000), determine the SV/VS variation in L1 and L2 populations. The results of a forced-choice preference task show that both factors constrain the Italian word order in L1 and L2 Italian speakers: the VS order was preferred in the narrow focus and with Change of Location unaccusative verbs in both populations, although with different proportions. Overall L2 speakers chose the SV order more consistently than L1 speakers but they did so mainly with the less-core unaccusative verbs of the Unaccusativity Hierarchy. We account for these findings suggesting a return to the original version of the Interface Hypothesis (Sorace, 2005), which predicts that interface phenomena, including those at the syntax-lexicon interface, represent a vulnerable domain in L2 acquisition. https://ddd.uab.cat/record/267155 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/isogloss.219
title Word Order variation in L1 and L2 Italian speakers
spellingShingle Word Order variation in L1 and L2 Italian speakers
Tasinato, Caterina
Adult L2 acquisition
Focus
Unaccusativity Hierarchy
Word Order variation
Italian
French
Interface Hypothesis
Lexical Semantics
title_short Word Order variation in L1 and L2 Italian speakers
title_full Word Order variation in L1 and L2 Italian speakers
title_fullStr Word Order variation in L1 and L2 Italian speakers
title_full_unstemmed Word Order variation in L1 and L2 Italian speakers
title_sort Word Order variation in L1 and L2 Italian speakers
author Tasinato, Caterina
author_facet Tasinato, Caterina
Sanfelici, Emanuela|||0000-0003-2592-4528
author_role author
author2 Sanfelici, Emanuela|||0000-0003-2592-4528
author2_role author
topic Adult L2 acquisition
Focus
Unaccusativity Hierarchy
Word Order variation
Italian
French
Interface Hypothesis
Lexical Semantics
topic_facet Adult L2 acquisition
Focus
Unaccusativity Hierarchy
Word Order variation
Italian
French
Interface Hypothesis
Lexical Semantics
description This paper investigates the Italian Word Order variation in the position of subjects (S) with respect to finite predicates (V) in two adult populations: L1-Italian speakers and L1-French L2-Italian speakers. We test how discourse focus (Belletti, 2001) and a decomposed approach to Unaccusativity, i.e., Unaccusativity Hierarchy (Sorace, 2000), determine the SV/VS variation in L1 and L2 populations. The results of a forced-choice preference task show that both factors constrain the Italian word order in L1 and L2 Italian speakers: the VS order was preferred in the narrow focus and with Change of Location unaccusative verbs in both populations, although with different proportions. Overall L2 speakers chose the SV order more consistently than L1 speakers but they did so mainly with the less-core unaccusative verbs of the Unaccusativity Hierarchy. We account for these findings suggesting a return to the original version of the Interface Hypothesis (Sorace, 2005), which predicts that interface phenomena, including those at the syntax-lexicon interface, represent a vulnerable domain in L2 acquisition.
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