Causatives and Transitivity in L2 English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4501957 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvina Montrul (0000-0001-6011-5959, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-106 |
| Publication date | 2001-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9922.00148 |
| OpenAlex | W2096013656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This study investigates whether Spanish- and Turkish-speaking learners of English discover the semantic and syntactic constraints on the causative/inchoative alternation in the absence of overt morphological clues. Results of a Picture Judgment Task show that L2 learners do discover these properties, and that overall verbs appear to cluster in classes in their interlanguage grammars. However, the Turkish group, at a lower proficiency level than the Spanish one, accepted transitivity errors with unaccusative, unergative and non-alternating transitive verbs. Although some of the developmental trends observed could be attributed to L1 influence, lower-proficiency learners may start with a wider grammar, and therefore not differentiate lexico-syntactically among different verb classes. With higher proficiency, L2 learners eventually recover from overgeneralizations
Alternation (linguistics) · Causative · Grammar · Interlanguage · Linguistics · Transitive relation · Turkish · Verb · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Mathematics · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
Anadi̇li̇ Türkçe Öğrenci̇leri̇n İngi̇li̇zce Fi̇lleri̇n Eşdi̇zi̇mi̇ Hatalari Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r Çalişma
Lexically-specific syntactic restrictions in second-language speakers
Acquisition of English verb transitivity by native speakers of Japanese
First-language-constrained variability in the second-language acquisition of argument-structure-changing morphology with causative verbs
Animacy Effect and Language Specificity
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |