Interlanguage Transfer of Function Words

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4501778
AutoresGessica De Angelis (0000-0001-7498-3474, University of Toronto, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen55
Número3
Páginas379-414
Fecha de publicación2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.0023-8333.2005.00310.x
OpenAlexW2043072783
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas30
Referencias citadas30

This study investigated the use of nonnative function words in the written production of learners of Italian as a third or fourth language with English, Spanish, or French as native or nonnative languages. Results show the frequent use of the French subject pronoun il(he) in learners’ texts. The rate of subject insertion and omission was thus analyzed. English and Spanish first language (L1) speakers with knowledge of French were found to use significantly more subject insertion than speakers without knowledge of French. This suggests that (a) prior exposure to a nonnative language informs learners’ choices of surface structures to a significant extent and (b) learners with the same L1 but different prior nonnative languages develop some significant differences in their target language knowledge

Comprehension approach · First language · Interlanguage · Language education · Language transfer · Linguistics · Pronoun · Second language · Second-language acquisition · Subject (documents) · Subject pronoun · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning