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The acquisition of additive scope particles by Moroccan Arabic L1 learners of French
Abstract
The study analyzes the acquisition of the additive particles aussi (‘also’), même (‘even’) and encore (‘still’) by five Moroccan Arabic L1 adult learners of French, participants in the ESF project (Perdue 1984). On the basis of a comparison between the French scope particles and their Moroccan Arabic equivalents, it is hypothesised that transfer from L1 plays an indirect role in the acquisition of French scope particles because of major semantic and syntactic differences between the two languages. The study sets out to describe the emergence and use of additive scope particles in a sample of texts spanning circa three years. It is shown that aussi is used quite early in the longitudinal data collected. Même is differently used in various learner varieties and encore is acquired late. The study compares the findings about the acquisition of additive particles in Moroccan Arabic learner varieties with previous work.
Abstract
The study analyzes the acquisition of the additive particles aussi (‘also’), même (‘even’) and encore (‘still’) by five Moroccan Arabic L1 adult learners of French, participants in the ESF project (Perdue 1984). On the basis of a comparison between the French scope particles and their Moroccan Arabic equivalents, it is hypothesised that transfer from L1 plays an indirect role in the acquisition of French scope particles because of major semantic and syntactic differences between the two languages. The study sets out to describe the emergence and use of additive scope particles in a sample of texts spanning circa three years. It is shown that aussi is used quite early in the longitudinal data collected. Même is differently used in various learner varieties and encore is acquired late. The study compares the findings about the acquisition of additive particles in Moroccan Arabic learner varieties with previous work.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
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Articles
- The acquisition of French as a second language 1
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Articles
- Synthèse rétrospective et nouvelles perspectives développementales 7
- Pragmatic use of temporal adverbs in L1 and L2 French 29
- La dislocation dans le français oral d’apprenants suédophones 53
- Vocabulary aspects of advanced L2 French 75
- Formulaic and proceduralised language in the initial and advanced stages of learning French 95
- The acquisition of additive scope particles by Moroccan Arabic L1 learners of French 117
- Development of object clitics in child L2 French 143
- Subject index 167
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
-
Articles
- The acquisition of French as a second language 1
-
Articles
- Synthèse rétrospective et nouvelles perspectives développementales 7
- Pragmatic use of temporal adverbs in L1 and L2 French 29
- La dislocation dans le français oral d’apprenants suédophones 53
- Vocabulary aspects of advanced L2 French 75
- Formulaic and proceduralised language in the initial and advanced stages of learning French 95
- The acquisition of additive scope particles by Moroccan Arabic L1 learners of French 117
- Development of object clitics in child L2 French 143
- Subject index 167
