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Chapter 6. The Compounding Parameter and L2 acquisition

  • Marcello Marcelino
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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Bilingualism in the Hispanic and Lusophone World
This chapter is in the book Multidisciplinary Approaches to Bilingualism in the Hispanic and Lusophone World

Abstract

This chapter investigates the L2 acquisition of the cluster of structures related to the positive setting of the Compounding Parameter (TCP: nominal compounding (N+N), resultative structures (RS), verb+particle constructions (V+PRT), double object constructions (DOC), and preposition stranding (PrepStr)) in the development of the interlanguage of Brazilian learners of English. Since Brazilian Portuguese (BP) has the negative setting of TCP, the possible acquisition of the cluster in this context may serve as evidence for poverty of the stimulus effects in L2 acquisition. Two groups of Brazilian learners of English, one intermediate and one advanced, were tested and compared. The results suggest that the acquisition of [+]TCP-related cluster of structures by the advanced group as well as their developing knowledge by the intermediate group might be indicative of access to UG.

Abstract

This chapter investigates the L2 acquisition of the cluster of structures related to the positive setting of the Compounding Parameter (TCP: nominal compounding (N+N), resultative structures (RS), verb+particle constructions (V+PRT), double object constructions (DOC), and preposition stranding (PrepStr)) in the development of the interlanguage of Brazilian learners of English. Since Brazilian Portuguese (BP) has the negative setting of TCP, the possible acquisition of the cluster in this context may serve as evidence for poverty of the stimulus effects in L2 acquisition. Two groups of Brazilian learners of English, one intermediate and one advanced, were tested and compared. The results suggest that the acquisition of [+]TCP-related cluster of structures by the advanced group as well as their developing knowledge by the intermediate group might be indicative of access to UG.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2. L1 effects as manifestations of individual differences in the L2 acquisition of the Spanish tense-aspect-system 9
  6. Chapter 3. The Typological Primacy Model and bilingual types 41
  7. Chapter 4. Knowledge of mood in internal and external interface contexts in Spanish heritage speakers in the Netherlands 67
  8. Chapter 5. Null objects with and without bilingualism in the Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking world 95
  9. Chapter 6. The Compounding Parameter and L2 acquisition 123
  10. Chapter 7. Prosodic transfer among Spanish-K’ichee’ bilinguals 149
  11. Chapter 8. Spatial language and cognition among the last Ixcatec-Spanish bilinguals (Mexico) 175
  12. Chapter 9. Experimentally inducing Spanish-English code-switching 211
  13. Chapter 10. The influence of structural distance in cross-linguistic transfer 235
  14. Chapter 11. Obliteration after Vocabulary Insertion 261
  15. Chapter 12. Bilingual production of relative clauses in languages with opposite head-complement directionality 283
  16. Chapter 13. The global and the local 313
  17. Index 325
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.13.06mar

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2. L1 effects as manifestations of individual differences in the L2 acquisition of the Spanish tense-aspect-system 9
  6. Chapter 3. The Typological Primacy Model and bilingual types 41
  7. Chapter 4. Knowledge of mood in internal and external interface contexts in Spanish heritage speakers in the Netherlands 67
  8. Chapter 5. Null objects with and without bilingualism in the Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking world 95
  9. Chapter 6. The Compounding Parameter and L2 acquisition 123
  10. Chapter 7. Prosodic transfer among Spanish-K’ichee’ bilinguals 149
  11. Chapter 8. Spatial language and cognition among the last Ixcatec-Spanish bilinguals (Mexico) 175
  12. Chapter 9. Experimentally inducing Spanish-English code-switching 211
  13. Chapter 10. The influence of structural distance in cross-linguistic transfer 235
  14. Chapter 11. Obliteration after Vocabulary Insertion 261
  15. Chapter 12. Bilingual production of relative clauses in languages with opposite head-complement directionality 283
  16. Chapter 13. The global and the local 313
  17. Index 325
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