A grammar competition analysis of V2 phenomena in second language acquisition
Abstract
This paper investigates grammar competition/multiple grammar effects in double object plus particle constructions of L1 German/L2 English speakers. The paper examines the role of the categorial status of objects in double object constructions (i.e. nominal vs. pronominal vs. prepositional objects) as well as the role of word order effects within and across the two languages and shows that L1German/L2 English speakers do not show grammar competition/multiple grammar effects at the level of superficial constitiuent ordering whereas at the level of abstract sentence structure a clear effect emerges. This explains why L1 German/L2 English speakers can hardly accomodate double object plus particle constructions in their L2 English (even when at a very high overall proficiency level in L2 English and) despite the fact that the same construction with different surface word oder exists in their L1.
Abstract
This paper investigates grammar competition/multiple grammar effects in double object plus particle constructions of L1 German/L2 English speakers. The paper examines the role of the categorial status of objects in double object constructions (i.e. nominal vs. pronominal vs. prepositional objects) as well as the role of word order effects within and across the two languages and shows that L1German/L2 English speakers do not show grammar competition/multiple grammar effects at the level of superficial constitiuent ordering whereas at the level of abstract sentence structure a clear effect emerges. This explains why L1 German/L2 English speakers can hardly accomodate double object plus particle constructions in their L2 English (even when at a very high overall proficiency level in L2 English and) despite the fact that the same construction with different surface word oder exists in their L1.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Form and function of verb second – an overview 1
- A grammar competition analysis of V2 phenomena in second language acquisition 47
- How much verb moves to second position? 77
- Notes on the left periphery of V2 complement clauses in German: Complementiser drop and complementiser doubling 123
- Assertive potential, speaker evidence and embedded V2 147
- What kind of main clause phenomenon is V2 in German? 169
- The left periphery as interface – On verb second and finiteness interaction 207
- Variation and change in the licensing of dependent V2 in German 251
- On the licensing of null subjects in Old Venetian 277
- Verb third as Cluster movement in German 295
- On the role of the left periphery in the interpretation of causal Wo-VE-clauses 329
- Parentheticals, root phenomena, and V2 in German 371
- Verb movement and topicalization in German 413
- Addresses 445
- Index 447
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Form and function of verb second – an overview 1
- A grammar competition analysis of V2 phenomena in second language acquisition 47
- How much verb moves to second position? 77
- Notes on the left periphery of V2 complement clauses in German: Complementiser drop and complementiser doubling 123
- Assertive potential, speaker evidence and embedded V2 147
- What kind of main clause phenomenon is V2 in German? 169
- The left periphery as interface – On verb second and finiteness interaction 207
- Variation and change in the licensing of dependent V2 in German 251
- On the licensing of null subjects in Old Venetian 277
- Verb third as Cluster movement in German 295
- On the role of the left periphery in the interpretation of causal Wo-VE-clauses 329
- Parentheticals, root phenomena, and V2 in German 371
- Verb movement and topicalization in German 413
- Addresses 445
- Index 447
