Bryan Donaldson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 957889 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Bryan Donaldson |
| NOMBRES | Bryan |
| APELLIDO | Donaldson |
| FIRMA | DONALDSON B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4875-8462 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Clause Structure and Illocutionary Force in Medieval Gallo-Romance
This paper analyzes the position of object and adverbial clitic pronouns in coordinated affirmative verb-first declaratives introduced by e(t) “and” in Old Occitan and early Old French, a context in which clitics are variably preverbal or postverbal. An empirical study reveals that this variation is principled and reflects semantico-discursive properties in the same way in these two related and grammatically similar medieval Gallo-Romance varieti…
The L2 Acquisition of French Interrogatives
The present study aims to elaborate on the understanding of the second language (L2) acquisition of French interrogatives by focusing on clefted (subject) wh-questions, structures that are largely absent in prior L2 literature. Our research question addresses how L2 learners of French understand two specific properties associated with these interrogatives: existence and exhaustivity. Using two rating tasks, we examined whether a total of 48 L2 le…
Clitic position in Old Occitan affirmative verb-first declaratives coordinated by e
This paper offers a variationist analysis of object and adverbial clitic position in coordinated affirmative verb-first main declaratives introduced by e(t) “and” in Old Occitan. In this context, clitics occur in either preverbal ( e·l vestit “and clothed him”) or postverbal position ( e perdonet li “and pardoned him”). Following recent work on Medieval Romance coordination, I posit that proclitic and enclitic examples reflect different coordinat…
Diachronie de la négation phrastique en français
This article examines the evolution of Old French sentential negation from a sociohistorical perspective. In Old French, simple negation ( ne + verb) comes increasingly into competition with the innovative reinforced or bipartite variant ( ne + verb + pas/mie/point ). Starting from the hypothesis that the distribution of conservative and innovative forms varies by language register, frequencies of each form are analyzed in represented speech and …
On the role of the present indicative in variable future-time reference in Hexagonal French
This article investigates variable future-time expression among native speakers of Hexagonal French who participated in informal conversations. The quantitative analysis is the first to examine the inflectional future, periphrastic future, and present indicative as separate forms within a single statistical model of French oral production. Results indicate that temporal distance and presence/absence of a temporal expression predict use of these v…
Negation in Near‐Native French
This study investigated how adult second language (L2) speakers of French with near‐native proficiency realize verbal negation, a well‐known sociolinguistic variable in contemporary spoken French. Data included 10 spontaneous informal conversations between near‐native speakers of French and native speakers (NSs) closely acquainted with them. Although some near‐native speakers retained ne more frequently than their interlocutors, others produced n…
Aspects of interrogative use in near-native French
This paper reports on interrogative (question) use in the informal spontaneous speech of near-native second-language French speakers. Interrogatives present considerable variation in French, and choices of interrogative form depend on semantics, communicative function, and register. Using a corpus of spontaneous conversations between near-native (NNSs) and native speakers (NSs), the inventory of interrogatives used is described; A detailed examin…
Discourse functions of subject left dislocation in Old Occitan
This paper reports an empirical study of the discourse-pragmatic functions of subject left dislocation (LD) in Old Occitan. Data come from the complete troubadour biographies, in which the most common manifestation of subject LD is a nominal subject + sentence adverb si + verb, as in “Bertrans de Born si fo uns castellans” [Bertran de Born was a nobleman]. Whereas previous accounts fail to integrate syntax with discourse-pragmatic function, these…
Preverbal subjects, information structure, and object clitic position in Old Occitan
The position of object and adverbial clitics remains problematic in Old Occitan syntax (Wanner 2010). This paper analyzes clitic position specifically in affirmative main declaratives with overt preverbal subjects, in which clitics are either preverbal or postverbal with no apparent semantic distinction. Thus, the phrases En Constantis s’en anet and En Constantis anet s’en are semantically equivalent, each meaning ‘Sir Constantine left’, whether …
Initial subordinate clauses in Old French
Syntax and Discourse in Near-Native French
This study examines aspects of the syntax-discourse interface in near-native French. Two cleft structures-c'estclefts andavoirclefts-are examined in experimental and spontaneous conversational data from 10 adult Anglophone learners of French and ten native speakers of French.C'estclefts mark focus, andavoirclefts introduce new discourse referents. Although previous research on the syntax-discourse interface has revealed residual difficulties in n…
Nativelike right-dislocation in near-native French
Recent research on advanced and near-native second-language (L2) speakers has focused on the acquisition of interface phenomena, for example at the syntax—pragmatics interface. Proponents of the Interface Hypothesis (e.g. Sorace, 2005; Sorace and Filiaci, 2006; Tsimpli and Sorace, 2006; Sorace and Serratrice, 2009) argue that (external) interfaces present difficulties for L2 grammars, resulting in permanent deficits even in near-native grammars. …
Syntax and Discourse in Near-Native French
This study examines aspects of the syntax-discourse interface in near-native French. Two cleft structures-c'estclefts andavoirclefts-are examined in experimental and spontaneous conversational data from 10 adult Anglophone learners of French and ten native speakers of French.C'estclefts mark focus, andavoirclefts introduce new discourse referents. Although previous research on the syntax-discourse interface has revealed residual difficulties in n…
Initial subordinate clauses in Old French
Negation in Near‐Native French
This study investigated how adult second language (L2) speakers of French with near‐native proficiency realize verbal negation, a well‐known sociolinguistic variable in contemporary spoken French. Data included 10 spontaneous informal conversations between near‐native speakers of French and native speakers (NSs) closely acquainted with them. Although some near‐native speakers retained ne more frequently than their interlocutors, others produced n…
Preverbal subjects, information structure, and object clitic position in Old Occitan
The position of object and adverbial clitics remains problematic in Old Occitan syntax (Wanner 2010). This paper analyzes clitic position specifically in affirmative main declaratives with overt preverbal subjects, in which clitics are either preverbal or postverbal with no apparent semantic distinction. Thus, the phrases En Constantis s’en anet and En Constantis anet s’en are semantically equivalent, each meaning ‘Sir Constantine left’, whether …
Discourse functions of subject left dislocation in Old Occitan
This paper reports an empirical study of the discourse-pragmatic functions of subject left dislocation (LD) in Old Occitan. Data come from the complete troubadour biographies, in which the most common manifestation of subject LD is a nominal subject + sentence adverb si + verb, as in “Bertrans de Born si fo uns castellans” [Bertran de Born was a nobleman]. Whereas previous accounts fail to integrate syntax with discourse-pragmatic function, these…
Nativelike right-dislocation in near-native French
Recent research on advanced and near-native second-language (L2) speakers has focused on the acquisition of interface phenomena, for example at the syntax—pragmatics interface. Proponents of the Interface Hypothesis (e.g. Sorace, 2005; Sorace and Filiaci, 2006; Tsimpli and Sorace, 2006; Sorace and Serratrice, 2009) argue that (external) interfaces present difficulties for L2 grammars, resulting in permanent deficits even in near-native grammars. …
Nativelike right-dislocation in near-native French
Recent research on advanced and near-native second-language (L2) speakers has focused on the acquisition of interface phenomena, for example at the syntax—pragmatics interface. Proponents of the Interface Hypothesis (e.g. Sorace, 2005; Sorace and Filiaci, 2006; Tsimpli and Sorace, 2006; Sorace and Serratrice, 2009) argue that (external) interfaces present difficulties for L2 grammars, resulting in permanent deficits even in near-native grammars. …
Initial subordinate clauses in Old French
Syntax and Discourse in Near-Native French
This study examines aspects of the syntax-discourse interface in near-native French. Two cleft structures-c'estclefts andavoirclefts-are examined in experimental and spontaneous conversational data from 10 adult Anglophone learners of French and ten native speakers of French.C'estclefts mark focus, andavoirclefts introduce new discourse referents. Although previous research on the syntax-discourse interface has revealed residual difficulties in n…
Discourse functions of subject left dislocation in Old Occitan
This paper reports an empirical study of the discourse-pragmatic functions of subject left dislocation (LD) in Old Occitan. Data come from the complete troubadour biographies, in which the most common manifestation of subject LD is a nominal subject + sentence adverb si + verb, as in “Bertrans de Born si fo uns castellans” [Bertran de Born was a nobleman]. Whereas previous accounts fail to integrate syntax with discourse-pragmatic function, these…
Preverbal subjects, information structure, and object clitic position in Old Occitan
The position of object and adverbial clitics remains problematic in Old Occitan syntax (Wanner 2010). This paper analyzes clitic position specifically in affirmative main declaratives with overt preverbal subjects, in which clitics are either preverbal or postverbal with no apparent semantic distinction. Thus, the phrases En Constantis s’en anet and En Constantis anet s’en are semantically equivalent, each meaning ‘Sir Constantine left’, whether …
Aspects of interrogative use in near-native French
This paper reports on interrogative (question) use in the informal spontaneous speech of near-native second-language French speakers. Interrogatives present considerable variation in French, and choices of interrogative form depend on semantics, communicative function, and register. Using a corpus of spontaneous conversations between near-native (NNSs) and native speakers (NSs), the inventory of interrogatives used is described; A detailed examin…
Negation in Near‐Native French
This study investigated how adult second language (L2) speakers of French with near‐native proficiency realize verbal negation, a well‐known sociolinguistic variable in contemporary spoken French. Data included 10 spontaneous informal conversations between near‐native speakers of French and native speakers (NSs) closely acquainted with them. Although some near‐native speakers retained ne more frequently than their interlocutors, others produced n…
Diachronie de la négation phrastique en français
This article examines the evolution of Old French sentential negation from a sociohistorical perspective. In Old French, simple negation ( ne + verb) comes increasingly into competition with the innovative reinforced or bipartite variant ( ne + verb + pas/mie/point ). Starting from the hypothesis that the distribution of conservative and innovative forms varies by language register, frequencies of each form are analyzed in represented speech and …
On the role of the present indicative in variable future-time reference in Hexagonal French
This article investigates variable future-time expression among native speakers of Hexagonal French who participated in informal conversations. The quantitative analysis is the first to examine the inflectional future, periphrastic future, and present indicative as separate forms within a single statistical model of French oral production. Results indicate that temporal distance and presence/absence of a temporal expression predict use of these v…
Clitic position in Old Occitan affirmative verb-first declaratives coordinated by e
This paper offers a variationist analysis of object and adverbial clitic position in coordinated affirmative verb-first main declaratives introduced by e(t) “and” in Old Occitan. In this context, clitics occur in either preverbal ( e·l vestit “and clothed him”) or postverbal position ( e perdonet li “and pardoned him”). Following recent work on Medieval Romance coordination, I posit that proclitic and enclitic examples reflect different coordinat…
Clause Structure and Illocutionary Force in Medieval Gallo-Romance
This paper analyzes the position of object and adverbial clitic pronouns in coordinated affirmative verb-first declaratives introduced by e(t) “and” in Old Occitan and early Old French, a context in which clitics are variably preverbal or postverbal. An empirical study reveals that this variation is principled and reflects semantico-discursive properties in the same way in these two related and grammatically similar medieval Gallo-Romance varieti…
The L2 Acquisition of French Interrogatives
The present study aims to elaborate on the understanding of the second language (L2) acquisition of French interrogatives by focusing on clefted (subject) wh-questions, structures that are largely absent in prior L2 literature. Our research question addresses how L2 learners of French understand two specific properties associated with these interrogatives: existence and exhaustivity. Using two rating tasks, we examined whether a total of 48 L2 le…
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