Double object constructions in L3 Englishan exploratory study of morphological and semantic constraints

  1. Imaz Agirre, Ainara
  2. García Mayo, María del Pilar
Revista:
IJES: international journal of English studies

ISSN: 1578-7044

Año de publicación: 2014

Volumen: 14

Número: 2

Páginas: 1-20

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.6018/J.179651 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: IJES: international journal of English studies

Resumen

Este estudio analiza la adquisición de estructuras de doble objeto (double object construction) (DOCs) (Susan gave Peter an apple) por parte de 90 bilingües de euskara/castellano con inglés como tercera lengua (L3). El objetivo de este estudio es examinar (i) si los aprendices establecen diferencias a la hora de aceptar DOCs vs. estructuras preposicionales (PPCs) (Susan gave an apple to Peter), (ii) si muestran sensibilidad a las restricciones morfológicas y semánticas de los DOCs en inglés y (iii) si se observan efectos en base al nivel de conocimiento de inglés de los participantes. Los resultados obtenidos de una tarea de lectura auto-dirigida y una tarea de lectura automática indican que los bilingües euskara/castellano muestran mayor precisión en propiedades morfosintácticas que en propiedades semánticas. A pesar de las dificultades encontradas con respecto a las restricciones morfológicas y semánticas, el mayor nivel de conocimiento de la lengua parece facilitar la superación de las mismas

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