Differential effects of language attrition in the domains of verb placement and object expression

被引：24

作者：

Flores, Cristina ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Minho, Inst Letras & Ciencias Humanas, Dept Estudos Germanisticos & Eslavos, P-4710057 Braga, Portugal

来源：

BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION | 2012年 / 15卷 / 03期

关键词：

language attrition; the syntax-discourse interface; object expression; verb placement; ACQUISITION; SYNTAX;

D O I：

10.1017/S1366728911000666

中图分类号：

H0 [语言学];

学科分类号：

030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;

摘要：

This study investigates the differential effects of language attrition in two diverse linguistic domains: verb placement and object expression. Linguistic phenomena at the syntax - discourse interface, such as object expression, have been shown to be more vulnerable to attrition than narrow syntax properties, such as verb placement. This study aims to test this hypothesis by analysing spoken data from Portuguese-German bilinguals who have moved away from the dominant German environment. The results show that the speakers who have lost continued German input after the age of eleven years exhibit difficulties regarding object expression in German but do not reveal any relevant syntactic deficits in the domain of verb placement.

引用

页码：550 / 567

页数：18

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