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The grammar of interlanguage word order

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ID11655699
AuthorsJocelyn Camacho (0000-0001-6349-0404, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, corresponding author), José Camacho (0000-0001-9804-8122, Rutgers University and Pontificia Universidad Catlica del Perú)
Year1999
Volume15
Issue2
Pages115-132
Publication date1999-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSecond language Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1191/026765899673532714
OpenAlexW2027695667
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited9

This paper analyses the grammatical outcome of the conflict speakers of a head-final L1 (Southern Quechua) face when learning a head-initial target (Standard Spanish) in a naturalistic setting. It proposes that interlanguage sentential word orders reflect a transfer of two independent parameters from the L1: the possibility of having null objects with definite/specific antecedents and a feature triggering object movement for sentential focus. The second parameter can be successfully reset through contradictory evidence; the first one, however, cannot, since target evidence is compatible with the L1 setting. This data can better be accounted for in Schwartz and Sprouse's full-access/full-transfer model (Schwartz and Sprouse, 1994; 1996) than in other alternatives such as Vainikka and Young-Scholten's (1994) minimal trees hypothesis and Eubank's (1994; 1996) valueless features hypothesis

Cognitive psychology · Feature (linguistics · Focus (optics · Grammar · Interlanguage · Linguistics · Object (grammar · Transitive relation · Word order · Language Development and Disorders · Mathematics · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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Unique citing works13
Citations per year0,57
Citation span2003 - 2026 (24)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 12
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