ON THE ROLE OF LINGUISTIC CONTEXTUAL FACTORS FOR MORPHOSYNTACTIC STABILIZATION IN HIGH-LEVEL L2 FRENCH

Autor:	Fanny Forsberg Lundell, Victorine Hancock, Inge Bartning
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Language transfer Sociology of language Language assessment Developmental linguistics Phrase structure rules Language education Linguistic description Psychology Syntax Language and Linguistics Linguistics Education
Zdroj:	Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 34:243-267
ISSN:	1470-1545 0272-2631
Popis:	The purpose of this article is to offer contextual linguistic explanations for morphosyntactic deviances (MSDs) in high-level second language (L2) French (30 nonnative speakers vs. 10 native speakers). It is hypothesized that the distribution of formulaic sequences (FSs) and the complexity of information structure will influence the occurrence of MSDs. The study reports that MSDs rarely occur within FSs, and if they do, they occur within sequences containing open slots for creative rule application. The rhematic part of the utterance attracts more MSDs due to the fact that this part is more syntactically complex than the preamble (the thematic part). An additional explanation is the mean length of the rhematic part, which is longer than the preamble and implies a higher processing load. A final explanation of MSD occurrence in the rheme is linked to the distribution of FSs in the information structure. The results are discussed in relation to the ongoing debate on the constructs of complexity, accuracy, and fluency—a promising area of study.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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