Penka Stateva
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1453492 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Penka Stateva |
| NOMBRES | Penka |
| APELLIDO | Stateva |
| FIRMA | STATEVA P |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Nova Gorica |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1658-4031 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Scalar diversity and second-language processing of scalar inferences
We investigate the processing of scalar inferences in first language (L1) and second language (L2). Expanding beyond the common focus on the scalar inference from ‘some’ to ‘not all’, we examine six scalar expressions: ‘low’, ‘scarce’, ‘might’, ‘some’, ‘most’ and ‘try’. An online sentence-picture verification task was used to measure the frequency and time course of scalar inferences for these expressions. Participants included native English spe…
Morphosyntactic restructuring in a border-shift context
Heritage language research has predominantly examined immigrant communities where cross border relocation reduces input and typically renders the heritage language ‘weaker’. This study instead examines heritage Slovene in a non immigrant, border shift context, where speakers remain in place but are incorporated into a new state creating an ‘in situ’ heritage setting with different input dynamics. We compare two such Italian communities, Gorizia–T…
Negative Pragmatic Transfer in Bilinguals
Building on the cross-linguistic variability in the meaning of vague quantifiers, this study explores the potential for negative transfer in Italian-Slovenian bilinguals concerning the use of quantificational determiners, specifically the translational equivalents of the English "many", that is the Slovenian "precej" and "veliko". The aim is to identify relevant aspects of pragmatic knowledge for cross-linguistic influence. The study presents the…
Bilingual Children’s Use of the ‘Maximize Presupposition’ Principle
This article reports the results of an experimental study that examines the influence of bilingualism on the acquisition and use of the Maximize Presupposition principle in the context of speakers’ choices among propositional attitude predicates (equivalent to) know and think. We compared the performance of monolingual Slovenian- and Italian-speaking school children to that of age-matched early bilingual children speaking both languages. Our find…
Pragmatic abilities in bilinguals
The experimental literature on the pragmatic abilities of bilinguals is rather sparse. The only study investigating adult second language (L2) learners ( Slabakova, 2010 ) found an increase of pragmatic responses in that population relative to monolinguals. The results of studies on early bilingual children are unclear, some finding a significant increase in pragmatic responses in early bilingual children (preschoolers) relative to monolinguals (…
Anomaly detection in the processing of complex syntax by early L2 learners
This study investigates the processing of long-distance syntactic dependencies by native speakers of Slovenian (L1) who are advanced learners of Italian as a second language (L2), compared with monolingual Italian speakers. Using a self-paced reading task, we compare sensitivity of the early-acquired L2 learners to syntactic anomalies in their L2 in two empirical domains: (1) syntactic islands, for which the learners’ L1 and L2 grammars provide a…
Countability, agreement and the loss of the dual in Russian
In this work we investigate the internal syntax and semantics of quantifier phrases (QP) involving cardinal numerals. Concentrating on a set of previously documented puzzles concerning Case and number agreement within the numeral phrase in Russian, we argue that these agreement patterns follow naturally if one recognizes three structural layers in a numeral-based QP: the countability layer, the number layer and the quantificational layer. Our cen…
Two (non-) islands in Slovenian
There exists a controversy in the literature and among the speakers of Slovenian concerning the grammaticality of wh-island and subject island constructions in this language. We conducted an acceptability rating study of wh-islands and subject islands in Slovenian, using the factorial definition of island. This definition provides for a possibility to isolate a true island effect while controlling for two complexity factors that potentially inter…
Asymmetries in sub-extraction out of np in Slovenian
In this work, we aim to clarify the empirical paradigm that bears on two aspects of syntactic locality in Slovenian. First, building on previous work, we investigate how robustly Slovenian observes the syntactic locality constraint precluding constituent sub-extraction out of subject noun phrases. Second, we ask whether Slovenian allows Left Branch Extraction in interrogative and non-interrogative sentences. To elucidate both issues, we conducted…
When QR Disobeys Superiority
January 01 2009 When QR Disobeys Superiority In Special Collection: CogNet Arthur Stepanov, Arthur Stepanov University of Konstanz Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Penka Stateva Penka Stateva Center for General Linguistics, Berlin (ZAS) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Arthur Stepanov University of Konstanz Penka Stateva Center for General Linguisti…
Presupposition and Implicature in Compositional Semantics
Successive cyclicity as residual wh-scope marking
Possessive clitics and the structure of nominal expressions
Possessive clitics and the structure of nominal expressions
Two (non-) islands in Slovenian
There exists a controversy in the literature and among the speakers of Slovenian concerning the grammaticality of wh-island and subject island constructions in this language. We conducted an acceptability rating study of wh-islands and subject islands in Slovenian, using the factorial definition of island. This definition provides for a possibility to isolate a true island effect while controlling for two complexity factors that potentially inter…
Successive cyclicity as residual wh-scope marking
Anomaly detection in the processing of complex syntax by early L2 learners
This study investigates the processing of long-distance syntactic dependencies by native speakers of Slovenian (L1) who are advanced learners of Italian as a second language (L2), compared with monolingual Italian speakers. Using a self-paced reading task, we compare sensitivity of the early-acquired L2 learners to syntactic anomalies in their L2 in two empirical domains: (1) syntactic islands, for which the learners’ L1 and L2 grammars provide a…
Possessive clitics and the structure of nominal expressions
Successive cyclicity as residual wh-scope marking
Presupposition and Implicature in Compositional Semantics
When QR Disobeys Superiority
January 01 2009 When QR Disobeys Superiority In Special Collection: CogNet Arthur Stepanov, Arthur Stepanov University of Konstanz Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Penka Stateva Penka Stateva Center for General Linguistics, Berlin (ZAS) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Arthur Stepanov University of Konstanz Penka Stateva Center for General Linguisti…
Asymmetries in sub-extraction out of np in Slovenian
In this work, we aim to clarify the empirical paradigm that bears on two aspects of syntactic locality in Slovenian. First, building on previous work, we investigate how robustly Slovenian observes the syntactic locality constraint precluding constituent sub-extraction out of subject noun phrases. Second, we ask whether Slovenian allows Left Branch Extraction in interrogative and non-interrogative sentences. To elucidate both issues, we conducted…
Countability, agreement and the loss of the dual in Russian
In this work we investigate the internal syntax and semantics of quantifier phrases (QP) involving cardinal numerals. Concentrating on a set of previously documented puzzles concerning Case and number agreement within the numeral phrase in Russian, we argue that these agreement patterns follow naturally if one recognizes three structural layers in a numeral-based QP: the countability layer, the number layer and the quantificational layer. Our cen…
Two (non-) islands in Slovenian
There exists a controversy in the literature and among the speakers of Slovenian concerning the grammaticality of wh-island and subject island constructions in this language. We conducted an acceptability rating study of wh-islands and subject islands in Slovenian, using the factorial definition of island. This definition provides for a possibility to isolate a true island effect while controlling for two complexity factors that potentially inter…
Pragmatic abilities in bilinguals
The experimental literature on the pragmatic abilities of bilinguals is rather sparse. The only study investigating adult second language (L2) learners ( Slabakova, 2010 ) found an increase of pragmatic responses in that population relative to monolinguals. The results of studies on early bilingual children are unclear, some finding a significant increase in pragmatic responses in early bilingual children (preschoolers) relative to monolinguals (…
Anomaly detection in the processing of complex syntax by early L2 learners
This study investigates the processing of long-distance syntactic dependencies by native speakers of Slovenian (L1) who are advanced learners of Italian as a second language (L2), compared with monolingual Italian speakers. Using a self-paced reading task, we compare sensitivity of the early-acquired L2 learners to syntactic anomalies in their L2 in two empirical domains: (1) syntactic islands, for which the learners’ L1 and L2 grammars provide a…
Bilingual Children’s Use of the ‘Maximize Presupposition’ Principle
This article reports the results of an experimental study that examines the influence of bilingualism on the acquisition and use of the Maximize Presupposition principle in the context of speakers’ choices among propositional attitude predicates (equivalent to) know and think. We compared the performance of monolingual Slovenian- and Italian-speaking school children to that of age-matched early bilingual children speaking both languages. Our find…
Negative Pragmatic Transfer in Bilinguals
Building on the cross-linguistic variability in the meaning of vague quantifiers, this study explores the potential for negative transfer in Italian-Slovenian bilinguals concerning the use of quantificational determiners, specifically the translational equivalents of the English "many", that is the Slovenian "precej" and "veliko". The aim is to identify relevant aspects of pragmatic knowledge for cross-linguistic influence. The study presents the…
Scalar diversity and second-language processing of scalar inferences
We investigate the processing of scalar inferences in first language (L1) and second language (L2). Expanding beyond the common focus on the scalar inference from ‘some’ to ‘not all’, we examine six scalar expressions: ‘low’, ‘scarce’, ‘might’, ‘some’, ‘most’ and ‘try’. An online sentence-picture verification task was used to measure the frequency and time course of scalar inferences for these expressions. Participants included native English spe…
Morphosyntactic restructuring in a border-shift context
Heritage language research has predominantly examined immigrant communities where cross border relocation reduces input and typically renders the heritage language ‘weaker’. This study instead examines heritage Slovene in a non immigrant, border shift context, where speakers remain in place but are incorporated into a new state creating an ‘in situ’ heritage setting with different input dynamics. We compare two such Italian communities, Gorizia–T…
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