Persistent problems with case morphology in L2 acquisition

Haznedar, Belma

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“…This result contrasts with the low accuracy in the production of Case (accusative: 21% for the beginners, 39% for the low intermediates and 49% for the high intermediates; other cases: 28% for the beginners, 41% for the low intermediates and 58% for the high intermediates). Our findings are consistent with Haznedar's (2006) study, which clearly suggests an asymmetry in the use of verbal and case morphology. Interestingly, the difference between the verbal and the nominal suffixes is not predicted by any of the L2 theories.…”

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“…Moreover, the results of the cloze task replicate the optionality observed by previous studies in L2 Turkish with respect to the production of case suffixes (Gürel, 2000;Haznedar, 2006). In agreement with other studies (Gürel, 2000;Prévost and White, 2000), we found more omissions than substitutions, which suggests, despite the variable use of case morphology, that L2 learners prefer to avoid the production of erroneous suffixes.…”

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“…Thus, Gürel argues for a deficit at the syntax-morphology interface rather than the syntactic module per se. Haznedar (2006) draws similar conclusions based on spontaneous production data (6 recordings) collected from an English-speaking learner of Turkish during the participant's 5-month stay at Boğaziçi University. The findings showed that the learner was able to use verbal suffixes correctly.…”

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Case morphology and word order in second language Turkish: Evidence from Greek learners

Papadopoulou

Varlokosta

Spyropoulos

et al. 2011

Second Language Research

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The optional use of morphology attested in second language learners has been attributed either to a representational deficit or to a 'surface' problem with respect to the realization of inflectional affixes. In this article we contribute to this issue by providing empirical data from the early interlanguage of Greek learners of Turkish. Three experiments have been conducted, a cloze task, a sentence picture matching task and an on-line grammaticality judgement task, in order to investigate case morphology and its interaction with word order constraints. The findings of all three experiments point towards a variable use of case morphology, which is also observed in previous studies of Turkish as a second language (L2). Moreover, they show clearly that the learners face difficulties with non-canonical word orders as well as with the interaction of word order constraints and Case. On the other hand, the learners performed well on verbal inflections. On the basis of these findings, we argue that the developmental patterns in the early stages of L2 acquisition cannot be attributed to a global lack of functional categories but rather Second Language Research 27(2) 173-205

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Case morphology and word order in second language Turkish: Evidence from Greek learners

Papadopoulou

Varlokosta

Spyropoulos

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Second Language Research

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“…The studies were consistent in their findings revealing that the accusative and dative are very problematic cases even for intermediate and very advanced learners of Turkish; however, concerning the locative and ablative cases, their findings varied. While some of the studies (Altunkol & Balcı, 2013) reported that the participants are able to acquire these cases successfully, Haznedar (2006) reported 96% and 58% of errors for the ablative and locative cases respectively in the data of the advanced user of Turkish.…”

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“…The use of cases in Turkish as L2 was in the scope of studies examining the use of Turkish grammatical morphemes based on the spontaneous production and experimental data of L2 Turkish learners (Akdoğan, 1993;Gürel, 2000;Haznedar, 2006;Güven, 2007;Papadopoulou, Varlokosta, Spyropoulos, Kaili, Prokou & Revithiadou, 2011;Altunkol & Balcı, 2013). The researchers focused on difficulties foreign learners of various L1 backgrounds and levels of proficiency (from elementary to advanced) encounter with Turkish cases, and demonstrated that L2 learners of Turkish experience a lot of problems with the Turkish cases system, which may persist even at the very advance level of proficiency in L2 Turkish.…”

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Testing the Interface Hypothesis: The evidence from fossilized errors in the use of Turkish case markers

Antonova-Ünlü¹

2015

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Sorace & Filiaci (2006) proposed the Interface Hypothesis (IH), according to which interface structures requiring interface between syntax and other cognitive domains are more likely to be vulnerable to incomplete acquisition and fossilization than structures that involve syntactic knowledge only. The aim of this study is to provide a piece of evidence validating or rejecting the IH by investigating the use of case markers in Turkish by native speakers of Russian who are highly proficient speakers of Turkish and have been residing in Turkey for a long period. Fictional narratives are used in the study as the tool for data collection. The findings reveal that the participants demonstrate native-like use of Turkish case markers the production of which does not involve external interface. The use of case markers of direct objects, which involves the activation of external interface, is marked with fossilized errors and/or incomplete acquisition in the production of the participants. The findings of the study can be used as a piece of evidence in favor of the IH.

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The acquisition of tense in English: Distinguishing child second language from first language and specific language impairment

Paradis

Rice

Crago

et al. 2008

Applied Psycholinguistics

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This study reports on a comparison of the use and knowledge of tense-marking morphemes in English by first language (L1), second language (L2) and specifically language-impaired (SLI) children. The objective of our research was to ascertain whether the L2 children's tense acquisition patterns were similar or dissimilar to those of the L1 and SLI groups, and whether they would fit an (Extended) Optional Infinitive profile, or an L2-based profile, e.g., the Missing Surface Inflection Hypothesis. Results showed that the L2 children had a unique profile compared with their monolingual peers, which was better characterized by the Missing Surface Inflection Hypothesis. At the same time, results reinforce the assumption underlying the (Extended) Optional Infinitive profile that internal constraints on the acquisition of tense could be a component of L1 development, with and without SLI.Research documenting the developmental parallels between second language (L2) and first language (L1) acquisition of morphosyntax has been longstanding (e.g., Dulay & Burt, 1973, 1974 see Zobl & Liceras, 1994, for review). More recently, research comparing the morphosyntax of child L2 learners to same-aged L1 learners with specific language impairment (SLI) in French and Swedish has also showed striking similarities between these two groups (Crago & Paradis, 2003;Grüter, 2005;Håkansson 2001;Paradis & Crago, 2000Paradis, 2004). Paradis (2005) found evidence for SLI-like patterns in child English L2 learners' acquisition of grammatical morphology, but to date, no direct comparison of English L2 and SLI acquisition of morphosyntax has been undertaken. The presence of overlap in the linguistic characteristics between L2 and SLI is relevant for applied concerns, such as differential diagnosis of SLI in the L2 population. Overlap is also relevant for theoretical accounts aimed at characterizing only those features of impaired grammars to the exclusion of typicallydeveloping (TD) learner grammars, among same-aged peers.On one hand, morphosyntax related to functional categories might be expected to be vulnerable across acquisition contexts on linguistic theoretical grounds, since the functional layer of the grammar could be considered the locus of much crosslinguistic variation in language-particular grammars (Paradis & Prévost, 2004). Certainly the L2 versus TD L1 and L2 versus SLI comparative research supports this expectation. On the other hand, it is reasonable to assume Corresponding author: Johanne Paradis, Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E7, Canada. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptAppl Psycholinguist. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2008 October 9. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript that shared characteristics notwithstanding, at some level there should be differences between impaired and TD learner grammars. More specifically, Paradis & Crago (2000 suggested that both French SLI and L2 acquisition have the characteristics of an (Extended) Optional...

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Persistent problems with case morphology in L2 acquisition

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Case morphology and word order in second language Turkish: Evidence from Greek learners

Case morphology and word order in second language Turkish: Evidence from Greek learners

Testing the Interface Hypothesis: The evidence from fossilized errors in the use of Turkish case markers

The acquisition of tense in English: Distinguishing child second language from first language and specific language impairment

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