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The role of aspect in the acquisition of ser and estar in locative contexts by English-speaking learners of Spanish
- Source :
- Language Acquisition, Language Acquisition, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020, 27 (1), pp.35-67. ⟨10.1080/10489223.2019.1610408⟩, Language Acquisition, 2020, 27 (1), pp.35-67. ⟨10.1080/10489223.2019.1610408⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2020.
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Abstract
- This study proposes an explanatory account for the developmental stages of the acquisition of ser and estar in locative constructions. We propose that this copular distribution is regulated by two aspectual features, dynamicity, and temporal boundedness. These features are crucial for the interpretation of nominals such as ‘dinner’, which refers to the physical food [-dynamic] with estar, and to the event of having a meal [+dynamic] with ser. In a Picture Matching Task and an Elicited Production Task, English-speaking learners of Spanish had to comprehend, locate, and distinguish objects from events by employing the two Spanish copulas. We questioned whether L2 learners would be sensitive to the aspectual nature of subjects and copulas in locative constructions. We found that participants had difficulties interpreting the feature [+dynamic] in nominal subjects, and propose that this is the last feature acquired, offering a revised developmental path of the acquisition of ser/estar building on Van Patten (1987). info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
- Subjects :
- 050101 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language
First language
Events
Castellà L2
050105 experimental psychology
Language and Linguistics
Education
Verbs copulatius
Construccions locatives
Verbo ser
Objects
Spanish L2
Locative constructions
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Language proficiency
Verbo estar
Aprendizaje de idiomas
Estar
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Temporal boundedness
Verb ser
Castellano L2
Verbos copulativos
05 social sciences
Language learning
Locative case
Copulative verbs
[SCCO.LING]Cognitive science/Linguistics
Linguistics
Verb estar
Verb to be
Pictorial stimuli
Dynamicity
Ser
Transfer of training
Task analysis
Copular verbs
L2 Spanish
Construcciones locativas
Psychology
Second language instruction
Aprenentatge d'idiomes
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10489223 and 15327817
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Language Acquisition, Language Acquisition, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020, 27 (1), pp.35-67. ⟨10.1080/10489223.2019.1610408⟩, Language Acquisition, 2020, 27 (1), pp.35-67. ⟨10.1080/10489223.2019.1610408⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....29eed533d8cd64fc55f3e172e25d0527
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2019.1610408⟩