Interface Hypothesis and the L2 Acquisition of Quantificational Scope at the Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface

Autor/in	Özçelik, Öner
Titel	Interface Hypothesis and the L2 Acquisition of Quantificational Scope at the Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface
Quelle	In: Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 25 (2018) 2, S.213-223 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Özçelik, Öner)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1048-9223
DOI	10.1080/10489223.2016.1273936
Schlagwörter	Linguistic Theory; Second Language Learning; Turkish; Native Language; English (Second Language); Pragmatics; Syntax; Semantics; Difficulty Level; Adults; Language Proficiency; Metalinguistics; Language Tests; Statistical Analysis; Cloze Procedure; Transfer of Training; Language Universals; Task Analysis; Decision Making + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistische Theorie; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Türkisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Pragmalinguistik; Semantik; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Language test; Sprachtest; Statistische Analyse; Lückentext; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Aufgabenanalyse; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	According to the Interface Hypothesis (IH) (e.g., Tsimpli & Sorace 2006; Sorace 2011), external interfaces are more challenging for L2 learners than internal interfaces. It is not clear, however, if linguistic phenomena associated with external interfaces are necessarily problematic and if internal interfaces are necessarily unproblematic. In order to test these issues, a bidirectional study was conducted with Turkish-speaking learners of English and English-speaking learners of Turkish on the same "quantificational scope" construction, which lies at the interface of semantics, syntax, and pragmatics and thus involves both internal and external interfaces. The task for the former group implicates greater involvement of pragmatics, an external interface, although, for the latter, it involves expunging a construction from the grammar. The results indicate, contra the IH, that whereas the former group has no problems restructuring their grammar, the latter has persistent difficulties. (As Provided).
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