Hawkins, Roger (2012) Knowledge of English verb phrase ellipsis by speakers of Arabic and Chinese. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2 (4). pp. 404-438. DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.4.03haw
Hawkins, Roger (2012) Knowledge of English verb phrase ellipsis by speakers of Arabic and Chinese. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2 (4). pp. 404-438. DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.4.03haw
Hawkins, Roger (2012) Knowledge of English verb phrase ellipsis by speakers of Arabic and Chinese. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2 (4). pp. 404-438. DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.4.03haw
Abstract
<jats:p>English verb phrase ellipsis (VPE) involves both syntactic and discourse information. The present study investigates knowledge of these properties by L1 speakers of Arabic and Mandarin Chinese. Three issues are addressed. Can the participants acquire syntactic properties of VPE that differ from their L1s and are under-determined by positive evidence? Can they acquire all of the syntactic properties of VPE that differ from their L1s? Can they successfully integrate their knowledge of the syntax of VPE with discourse information determining felicity? Results from a sentence completion judgement task are broadly consistent with the L2 participants having Universal Grammar (UG)-constrained grammars for VPE, and with their being able to successfully integrate syntactic representations with discourse information. A persistent problem with an uninterpretable feature is discussed, as are the implications of the findings for the claim that VPE involves gradient grammaticality.</jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 07 Feb 2013 12:24 |
Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2024 16:46 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/5466 |