Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners

Zara, Júlia Vidigal; Oliveira, Fernando Luiz Pereira de; Souza, Ricardo Augusto de

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dc.creator	Zara, Júlia Vidigal
dc.creator	Oliveira, Fernando Luiz Pereira de
dc.creator	Souza, Ricardo Augusto de
dc.date	2013-08-28
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-28T19:51:25Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-28T19:51:25Z
dc.identifier	https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/5291
dc.identifier.uri	https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/244026
dc.description	The present study investigates the acquisition of the English double object constructions (GOLDBERG, 1995) by Brazilian learners. We hypothesize that, due to first language (L1) influences, the prepositional ditransitive construction (John gave a book to Mary) will be acquired earlier, while the ditransitive construction (John gave Mary a book) will be part of the learner’s interlanguages (SELINKER, 1972) only at the advanced level of proficiency. We also hypothesize that learners may transfer (ODLIN, 1989) the placement of the object pronoun in pre-verbal position from their L1 to their interlanguage in early stages of acquisition (João me deu um livro / *John me gave a book). We test our hypotheses by comparing the performance of three groups of learners (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) and native speakers of English on an acceptability judgment task used as a measure of learnability and generalization. Results confirm the order of acquisition of the English double object constructions predicted for native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Moreover, results suggest that, although mother tongue influences may have taken place, they do not do so pervasively, but rather selectively, corroborating the proposal by Kellerman (1983).	pt-BR
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dc.language	por
dc.publisher	UNESP	pt-BR
dc.relation	https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/5291/4673
dc.rights	Copyright (c) 2013 ALFA: Revista de Linguística	pt-BR
dc.source	ALFA: Revista de Linguística; v. 57 n. 2 (2013)	pt-BR
dc.source	1981-5794
dc.subject	Cross-linguistic influence	pt-BR
dc.subject	Selective transfer	pt-BR
dc.subject	Double object constructions	pt-BR
dc.subject	Bilingualism	pt-BR
dc.title	Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners	pt-BR
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion