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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"syntax-discourse interface"”.
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L1 attrition in Italian: Pronominal reference and (pseudo-)relative parsing ambiguities
… attrition effects in Italian beyond traditional interface structures. This is motivated by a critical review of the previous literature on L1 attrition primarily focusing on the Interface Hypothesis (Sorace & Filiaci 2006). From this, we argue for two relevant patterns: (i) the often discussed …
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The second language acquisition of subject pronoun distribution in English, Italian and Polish: testing the Interface Hypothesis
This study examines the claims of the Interface Hypothesis (IH) (Sorace and Filiaci, 2006) which posit that while narrow syntax properties may be fully acquirable by end-state L2 speakers, syntax-discourse interface properties may not. However, research evidence to date is mixed and suffers from …
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Clitic-doubled left dislocation in L2 Spanish: findings from learners' production data
<p>The Interface Hypothesis (IH) claims that constructions that involve an interface between syntax and other cognitive domains are especially vulnerable to residual optionality or instability in bilingual grammars. However, the evidence is inconsistent and more research is necessary to elucidate …
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The acquisition of alternation in a second language
… acquisition is expected to be in an L2, and the Interface Hypothesis (Sorace, 1993; Sorace and Keller, 2005; Sorace, 2005; Tsimpli and Sorace, 2006; Sorace and Serratrice, 2009; Sorace, 2011, among others), according to which elements whose value depend on an interface (such as the …
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The acquisition of Mandarin by heritage speakers and second language learners
… over L2ers in phonology and core aspects of syntax, which develop before age three, but not in the domains of the lexicon, semantics, inflectional morphology, and syntax-discourse interface (see Montrul, 2012, 2016, for reviews). However, few studies have directly compared proficiency-matched …
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Development of pronominal expression in school-age children: Basque-Spanish contact
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01