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Chapter 9. Additive relations in L2 French

Contrasting acquisitional trends of Italian and Russian learners
  • Sandra Benazzo and Katia Paykin
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Focus on Additivity
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Abstract

Our study compares the expression of additive relations in oral native (French, Italian, Russian) and non-native discourse (French L2), elicited with the same visual stimulus. On the basis of a comparative analysis of native productions, we argue that, in additive contexts, Russian clearly shares the discourse perspective attested in the two Romance languages. Our French L2 data have shown that both Russian and Italian groups seem to proceed by looking for similarities with respect to their L1, but learners of a closer typological language (Italian L1) rely longer on structures that are formally (or functionally) similar and assume more similarities than there actually are, in comparison to learners of typologically unrelated language (Russian L1), thus confirming the psycho-typology effects.

Abstract

Our study compares the expression of additive relations in oral native (French, Italian, Russian) and non-native discourse (French L2), elicited with the same visual stimulus. On the basis of a comparative analysis of native productions, we argue that, in additive contexts, Russian clearly shares the discourse perspective attested in the two Romance languages. Our French L2 data have shown that both Russian and Italian groups seem to proceed by looking for similarities with respect to their L1, but learners of a closer typological language (Italian L1) rely longer on structures that are formally (or functionally) similar and assume more similarities than there actually are, in comparison to learners of typologically unrelated language (Russian L1), thus confirming the psycho-typology effects.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Additive Focusing Modifiers from a typological and historical perspective
  5. Chapter 1. Syntax and semantics of additive focus markers from a cross-linguistic perspective 23
  6. Chapter 2. Meaning both ‘also’ and ‘only’? 45
  7. Part II. Additive Focusing Modifiers from a semantic, prosodic and pragmatic perspective
  8. Chapter 3. On the distribution of additive focus particles addirittura and perfino/persino in Italian 79
  9. Chapter 4. French additive particle aussi 107
  10. Chapter 5. Processing additivity in Spanish 137
  11. Part III. Additive Focusing Modifiers from a discourse-oriented perspective
  12. Chapter 6. Mapping additivity through translation 157
  13. Chapter 7. The scalar operator even and its German equivalents 201
  14. Part IV. Additive Focusing Modifiers from a language contact perspective
  15. Chapter 8. Additive focus particles in German-speaking learners of Italian as L2 237
  16. Chapter 9. Additive relations in L2 French 265
  17. Chapter 10. Ënghe, ence and also anche 311
  18. Focusing modifiers index 331
  19. General index 333
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.278.09ben

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Additive Focusing Modifiers from a typological and historical perspective
  5. Chapter 1. Syntax and semantics of additive focus markers from a cross-linguistic perspective 23
  6. Chapter 2. Meaning both ‘also’ and ‘only’? 45
  7. Part II. Additive Focusing Modifiers from a semantic, prosodic and pragmatic perspective
  8. Chapter 3. On the distribution of additive focus particles addirittura and perfino/persino in Italian 79
  9. Chapter 4. French additive particle aussi 107
  10. Chapter 5. Processing additivity in Spanish 137
  11. Part III. Additive Focusing Modifiers from a discourse-oriented perspective
  12. Chapter 6. Mapping additivity through translation 157
  13. Chapter 7. The scalar operator even and its German equivalents 201
  14. Part IV. Additive Focusing Modifiers from a language contact perspective
  15. Chapter 8. Additive focus particles in German-speaking learners of Italian as L2 237
  16. Chapter 9. Additive relations in L2 French 265
  17. Chapter 10. Ënghe, ence and also anche 311
  18. Focusing modifiers index 331
  19. General index 333
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