Pair-list readings in Korean-Japanese, Chinese-Japanese and English-Japanese interlanguage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11655799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather Marsden (0000-0002-4885-3446, University of York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-226 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Second language Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0267658307086301 |
| OpenAlex | W2059700328 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
In English and Chinese, questions with a wh-object and a universally quantified subject (e.g. What did everyone buy?) allow an individual answer (Everyone bought apples.) and a pair-list answer ( Sam bought apples, Jo bought bananas, Sally bought...). By contrast, the pair-list answer is reportedly unavailable in Japanese and Korean. This article documents an experimental investigation of the interpretation of such questions in non-native Japanese by learners whose first languages (Lls) are Korean, Chinese or English. The results show that, regardless of L1, only a minority of advanced second language (L2) Japanese learners demonstrate knowledge of the absence of pair-list readings in Japanese. In English-Japanese and Chinese-Japanese interlanguage, L1 transfer readily accounts for this finding: the L1 grammar, which allows pair-list readings, may obstruct acquisition of the more restrictive Japanese grammar. But in Korean-Japanese interlanguage, L1 transfer predicts rejection of pair-list answers. However, in a Korean version of the experimental task, a native Korean control group robustly accepts pair-list readings, contra expectations. A proposal to account for this finding is put forward, under which the Korean-Japanese interlanguage data become compatible with an L1-transfer-based model of L2 acquisition. Moreover, the native-like rejection of pair-list readings by some advanced learners of all three L1 backgrounds is argued to imply that UG constraints operate at the L2 syntax-semantics interface
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Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar
Word Order and Nominative Case in Non-Native Language Acquisition
Distributivity and Negation
Second language acquisition
Quantifier Scope
Remarks on the Notion of Subject with Reference to Words Like also, even, and only
Lectures on Government and Binding
On wh- and Operator Scope in Korean
Gradual development of L2 phrase structure
Constraining second language word order optionality
Syntax of Scope
The partial availability of Universal Grammar in second language acquisition
L2 cognitive states and the Full Transfer/Full Access model
The "Pro-drop" Parameter in Adult Second Language Acquisition
Logical form, its structure and derivation
Pragmatics of LF intervention effects
The Structure of the Japanese Language
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |