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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162993303321

Autore

Navarro Ortega Samuel A

Titolo

Comprehending and Speaking about Motion in L2 Spanish : A Case of Implicit Learning in Anglophones / / by Samuel A. Navarro Ortega

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-49307-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 231 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Applied linguistics

Romance languages

Psycholinguistics

Lexicology

Semantics

Language and education

Applied Linguistics

Romance Languages

Lexicology/Vocabulary

Language Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The linguistic expression of motion in language -- Chapter 3: Motion event descriptions a recurrent topic in Spanish discourse -- Chapter 4: Motion events in the speech + gesture interface -- Chapter 5: Investigating learner sensitivity to the path conflation in L2 Spanish -- Chapter 6: Sensitivity to the path conflation in written L2 Spanish -- Chapter 7: Sensitivity to the path conflation in oral L2 Spanish -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a novel analysis of the learning of motion event descriptions by Anglophone students of Spanish. The author examines cross-linguistic differences between English and Spanish, focusing on the verbal patterns of motion events, to explore how learners overcome an entrenched first-language preference to move toward the



lexicalization pattern of the additional language. His findings highlight the gradual nonlinear process Anglophones traverse to acquire and produce form-meaning mappings describing motion in Spanish. The author suggests that as motion event descriptions are not normally the focus of explicit instruction, students learn this concept primarily from exposure to Spanish. Given its interdisciplinary nature, this book will be of interest to researchers working in Hispanic linguistics, cognitive semantics, and Spanish language learning and teaching.