Anaphora resolution and age effects in Greek-Spanish bilingualism: Evidence from first-generation immigrants, heritage speakers, and L2 speakers

Giannakou, Aretousa

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103573

Lingua

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103573

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Anaphora resolution and age effects in Greek-Spanish bilingualism: Evidence from first-generation immigrants, heritage speakers, and L2 speakers

Aretousa Giannakou

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Are non-native speakers sensitive to microvariation in anaphora resolution?

Teixeira,

Fiéis,

Madeira

2024

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This study investigates anaphora resolution in L2 European Portuguese by Italian and Spanish native speakers to examine whether learners are sensitive to microvariation among these null subject Romance languages. Participants were 25 adult L1 EP speakers, 69 L1 Italian, and 42 L1 Spanish adult learners of EP at three levels: upper–intermediate, advanced, and near-native. They completed an untimed and a speeded multiple-choice task crossing the variables animacy of the matrix object and type of embedded subject. Results indicate that sensitivity to microvariation develops as L2 proficiency increases. However, learners’ performance remains permanently unstable in the areas where the L1 and the L2 differ, which is only visible in the speeded task. Our findings challenge the idea that the L1 plays a minor role in anaphora resolution and have implications for the Interface Hypothesis.

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Are non-native speakers sensitive to microvariation in anaphora resolution?

Teixeira,

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Madeira

2024

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Subject position in Greek and Spanish monolingual and bilingual production: Exploring the influence of verb type and definiteness

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Georgiou

2024

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Reference management in written narrative production by Spanish-Italian bilingual children

Leonetti Escandell

2024

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This paper is an investigation of reference production in 84 Italian-Spanish bilingual children aged 8 to 12. The study explores whether such reference production is influenced by either the type of referential expression involved or language dominance by analyzing how these children manage reference. The children’s relative proficiency in the two languages (and thus their language dominance) was assessed through a cloze-test, and their narrative production was evaluated using a retelling task. Results indicated a preference for null pronouns to refer to subjects and full referential expressions for objects, with Italian showing a higher occurrence of full referential expressions. Dominance in either language did not significantly impact reference production. This suggests that bilingual children can distinguish between language-specific patterns, a behavior consistent with adult monolingual groups. These results contribute to our understanding of bilingual reference management and shed light on the role played by language and language dominance.

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Anaphora resolution and age effects in Greek-Spanish bilingualism: Evidence from first-generation immigrants, heritage speakers, and L2 speakers

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References 37 publications

Are non-native speakers sensitive to microvariation in anaphora resolution?

Are non-native speakers sensitive to microvariation in anaphora resolution?

Subject position in Greek and Spanish monolingual and bilingual production: Exploring the influence of verb type and definiteness

Reference management in written narrative production by Spanish-Italian bilingual children

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