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Double Objects in Spanish as a Second Language: Acquisition of Morphosyntax and Semantics
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Cuervo, Maria Cristina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
This experimental study on the acquisition of the double-object construction in Spanish as a second language (L2) by a group of first language (L1) English adults investigates the role of Universal Grammar (UG) and its interaction with L1 in two modules of grammar: morphosyntax and semantics. The double-object construction in Spanish differs from…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Morphology (Languages), Syntax, Language Universals
The Acquisition of Progressive and Resultative Meanings of the Imperfective Aspect Marker by L2 Learners of Japanese: Transfer, Universals, or Multiple Factors?
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Sugaya, Natsue; Shirai, Yasuhiro – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
It has been observed that there is a strong association between the inherent (lexical) aspect of verbs and the acquisition of tense-aspect morphology (the aspect hypothesis; Andersen & Shirai, 1994). To investigate why such an association is observed, this study examined the influence of inherent aspect and learners' first language (L1) on the…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphemes, Slavic Languages, Native Speakers
Competence Similarities between Native and Near-Native Speakers: An Investigation of the Preterite-Imperfect Contrast in Spanish
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Montrul, Silvina; Slabakova, Roumyana – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
It has been suggested that tense and aspect distributions are very difficult to learn in a second language (L2), they are prone to fossilize universally, and their interpretive properties are subject to a critical period (Coppieters, 1987). This study focuses on the acquisition of the semantic implications of the preterite-imperfect contrast in…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Semantics
Transitivity Alternations in L2 Acquisition: Toward a Modular View of Transfer.
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Montrul, Silvina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2000
This experimental study on English, Spanish, and Turkish as second languages investigates the interaction of universal principles and first language knowledge in interlanguage grammars by focusing on verbs that participate in the causative/inchoative alternation. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English, Interlanguage, Language Universals, Second Language Instruction
Articulatory Timing in a Second Language: Evidence from Russian and English
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Zsiga, Elizabeth C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
This study compares patterns of consonant-to-consonant timing at word boundaries in English and Russian and investigates the roles of transfer and the emergence of linguistic universals in second language (L2) articulation. Native Russian speakers learning English and native English speakers learning Russian produced phrases in English and Russian…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Second Language Learning, Language Universals, Russian