Romance syntax, semantics and L2 acquisition [[electronic resource] ] : selected papers from the 30th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages : Gainesville, Florida, February 2000 / / edited by Joaquim Camps, Caroline R. Wiltshire

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 440/.045
• Soggetto topico: Romance languages
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CampsJoaquim WiltshireCaroline R. <1963->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ROMANCE SYNTAX, SEMANTICS AND L2 ACQUISITION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; CONTRIBUTORS; Dedication; ROMANCE SYNTAX, SEMANTICS, AND L2 ACQUISITION; 0. Introduction; 1. Movement and related issues; 2. The Determiner Phrase and second language acquisition; 3. Word order and other syntactic factors in SLA; 4. Adverbials; 5. Syntax/Semantics interface; REFERENCES; A CLASS OF 'LITE' ADVERBS IN FRENCH; 0. Introduction; 1.A class of French adverbs; 2. Two possible approaches and their problems; 3. The theory of liteness ; 4. A Formal representation of the analysis5. Conclusion; REFERENCES; ADJECTIVE POSITION AND INTERPRETATION IN L2 FRENCH; 0. Introduction; 1. Adjectives at the syntax-semantics interface; 2. Grammatical change in interlanguage grammars; 3. Study methodology and results; 4. Discussion; REFERENCES; FRENCH COMPLEX INVERSION IN THE LIGHT OF A MINIMALIST PROGRAM; 1. Pesetsky & Torrego 2000: Displacement = Misplacement; 2. French Complex Inversion; 3. Tackling the problems; 4. Conclusion: Pesetsky & Torrego (2000) Revisited; REFERENCES; OPTIONALITY, PRESUPPOSITION, AND WH-IN SITU IN FRENCH ; 0. Introduction1. Interpretive differences; 2. The 'empty' D proposal; 3. Independent evidence: Lahiri (1991); 4. Conclusion; REFERENCES; WORD ORDER SHIFT AND NATURAL L2 ACQUISITION IN A PORTUGUESE CREOLE; 0. Introduction; 1. Recent studies on typological shift; 2. Korlai Creole Portuguese (KL) and its speakers; 3. The study; 3.1 Data collection; 3.2 Grouping of speakers; 4. Results; 5. Discussion; REFERENCES; UNACCUSATIVITY AND THE IMPERSONAL CONSTRUCTION OF FRENCH; 0. Introduction; 1. Explanations for unaccusative mismatches; 1.1 Unergative verbs in the I constitute an ""exception "" ; 1.2 The I is not unaccusative1.3 Variable behaviour accounts; 2. A free-linking account; 2.1 Constructional meaning; 2.2 Meaning contributed by elements of the construction; 3. Conclusion; REFERENCES; SHIFTING THE DP PARAMETER: A STUDY OF ANGLOPHONE FRENCH L2ERS; 0. Introduction; 1. DP parameter; 1.1 French and English; 1.2 Noun raising; 2. L2A Theory; 2.1 The Structure Building Hypothesis (SBH); 2.2 The Full Functional Hypothesis; 3. Empirical evidence; 3.1 The task; 3.2 Results; 3.3 Discussion; 4. Conclusion; Appendix 1: Language Acquisition Task ; Appendix 2: Number of errors/contexts (tokens)REFERENCES; CONSTRAINT DEMOTION AND NULL-SUBJECTS IN SPANISH L2 ACQUISITION; 0. Introduction; 1. Theoretical preliminaries; 1.1 Optimality; 1.2 Full transfer/full access; 1.3 The OT learning theory; 2. Null subjects in OT; 3. Research questions and hypotheses; 4. Methodology; 4.1 Subjects; 4.2 Method; 5. Results; 5.1 Summary of Results; 6. Discussion; 6.1 The learning algorithm; 6.2 Conceptualizing Learning; 6.3 Residual issues; 7. Conclusions; REFERENCES ; TEMPORAL LOCATION OF EVENTS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROMANCE COUNTERPARTS OF SINCE-ADVERBIALS
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume contains a selection of refereed and revised papers, originally presented at the 30th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages, representing the areas of syntax, semantics, their interfaces, and second language acquisition. The topics addressed include movement (both wh- and head-movement), control, issues of second language acquisition related to the Determiner Phrase, the effect of word order and syntactic simplification in second language acquisition, adverbials, syntactic constraints on access to lexical structure, a semantic characterization of the subjunctive in Spanish, and
• Titolo autorizzato: Romance syntax, semantics and L2 acquisition
• ISBN: 1-283-31220-4; 9786613312204; 90-272-7546-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457424703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 216.