Hawkins, R and Casillas, G and Hattori, H and Hawthorne, J and Husted, R and Lozano, C and Okamoto, A and Thomas, E and Yamada, K (2008) The semantic effects of verb raising and its consequences in second language grammars. In: The role of formal features in language acquisition. Second Language Acquisition Research Series . Lawrence Erlbaum, 328 - 351. ISBN 978-0-8058-5354-4.
Hawkins, R and Casillas, G and Hattori, H and Hawthorne, J and Husted, R and Lozano, C and Okamoto, A and Thomas, E and Yamada, K (2008) The semantic effects of verb raising and its consequences in second language grammars. In: The role of formal features in language acquisition. Second Language Acquisition Research Series . Lawrence Erlbaum, 328 - 351. ISBN 978-0-8058-5354-4.
Hawkins, R and Casillas, G and Hattori, H and Hawthorne, J and Husted, R and Lozano, C and Okamoto, A and Thomas, E and Yamada, K (2008) The semantic effects of verb raising and its consequences in second language grammars. In: The role of formal features in language acquisition. Second Language Acquisition Research Series . Lawrence Erlbaum, 328 - 351. ISBN 978-0-8058-5354-4.
Abstract
This article considers whether highly proficient second language speakers of English can distinguish meaning contrasts associated with constructions where there is a raising be, and constructions where there is a non-raising thematic verb, as illustrated in the difference between (1a) and (1b): 1a. Kim is reading a novel (`event-in-progress/existential ? interpretation)
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities > Essex Pathways Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of |
| Depositing User: | Jim Jamieson |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2011 14:51 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2017 18:16 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1126 |
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