The effect of lexical aspect and discourse grounding in the acquisition of Spanish past tense aspect by Mandarin Chinese speakers: replicating the approach used in Salaberry (2011)

Authors

  • Yuliang Sun Universidad Normal de Nanjing, China
  • Lourdes Díaz Universitat Pompeu Fabra-CLIC
  • Mariona Taulé Universitat de Barcelona-CLIC
  • Meng Xu Nanjing University Jinling College
  • Ning Yao Nanjing University Jinling College
  • Xiaojing Qiu Nanjing University Jinling College

Keywords:

lexical aspectual class, grounding information in discourse, L2 acquisition of Spanish aspect, L1 Mandarin Chinese, developmental pattern

Abstract

In this work, we replicate the approach of Salaberry (2011). Based on an a written 40-item discourse-based forced-choice task, we analyze the influence of lexical aspectual class and grounding information in discourse on the use of perfective and imperfective verbal morphology of Spanish by Chinese learners. Our results show that the preference to use prototypical associations predicted by the LAH and the DH coincide with Salaberry’s (2011) results. However, we found that our L1 Mandarin Chinese learners show a particular developmental pattern compared with the L1 English learners in Salaberry (2011).

Author Biography

Yuliang Sun, Universidad Normal de Nanjing, China

Doctorado de Ciencia Cognitiva y Lenguaje de la Universidad de Barcelona. Área de investigación: Lingüística teórica y la Adsuiqisición del español como L2 por los aprendices chinos

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2023-03-31

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Sun, Y., Díaz, L., Taulé, M., Xu, M., Yao, N., & Qiu, X. (2023). The effect of lexical aspect and discourse grounding in the acquisition of Spanish past tense aspect by Mandarin Chinese speakers: replicating the approach used in Salaberry (2011). Revista Signos. Estudios De Lingüística, 56(111). Retrieved from https://revistasignos.cl/index.php/signos/article/view/442

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Vol. 56 No. 111 (2023): March

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