Questions. The acquisition of motion events in English by native speakers of Spanish: evidence for bidirectional cross-linguistic influence 19 de nov. de 2024
Questions. The acquisition of motion events in English by native speakers of Spanish: evidence for bidirectional cross-linguistic influence
This talk deals with the acquisition of motion events in a second language in order to determine: i) the preferred ME patterns (path vs manner) in the L1 and the L2 of L2 learners of English, native speakers of Spanish as L1; ii) whether L2 learners transfer L1 MEs patterns into the L2 and vice-versa L2 patterns into the L1 (transfer) ; and, iv) whether L2 proficiency and Age-of-acquisition (AoA) modulate these transfers. For this, 48 L2 learners described clips showing dynamic self-propelled motion events. Manner and path components were studied at verb level and at the sentence level. Monolinguals speakers of Spanish (50) and English (50) were also studied for comparison purposes. Results supported the hypothesis of bidirectional cross-linguistic influence of ME conceptualization in L2 learners, in all proficiency levels. We also reported in the L1 of the learners some structural and conceptualization patterns that seemed to emerge from the contact with the L2; both L2 AoA and L2 proficiency seemed to play a role in the production of these patterns.
