<b>Argument structure in L2 acquisition: language transfer re-visited in a semantics and syntax perspective</b><br>

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  • Ricardo Augusto de Souza Federal University of Minas Gerais

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2011n60p153

Resumo

Interlanguage studies tend to be dominated by investigationsof strictly morphosyntactic phenomena. Issues of argumentstructure and argument realization are shown to be a potentiallyinnovative theoretical approach to the study of L2 learners’knowledge of target language grammar, as they are framedas an interface between semantics and syntax. In this article,evidence of language transfer effects in Brazilian L2 learners’representation of transitivity alternations in verbs of mannerof movement are presented to support the view that secondlanguage research on the acquisition of argument structurerealization patterns is a promising line of enquiry.

Biografia do Autor

Ricardo Augusto de Souza, Federal University of Minas Gerais

Ricardo Augusto de Souza is Adjunct Professor of English in the Faculty of Letters at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. His main research interests are bilingual sentence processing, interlanguage syntax, and the role of modern information and communication technologies in the promotion of multilingual experiences.

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2011-10-26

Edição

n. 60 (2011): Recent Developments in SLA

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