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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 11 (2011)Edited by Leah Roberts, Gabriele Pallotti and Camilla Bettoni
[EUROSLA Yearbook 11] 2011
► pp. 218–243
Gradient competence at the Syntax-Discourse Interface
Roumyana Slabakova | University of Iowa
Jason Rothman | University of Florida
Paula Kempchinsky | University of Iowa
In this article, we present additional support of Duffield’s (2003, 2005) distinction between Underlying Competence and Surface Competence. Duffield argues that a more fine-grained distinction between levels of competence and performance is warranted and necessary. While underlying competence is categorical, surface competence is more probabilistic and gradient, being sensitive to lexical and constructional contingencies, including the contextual appropriateness of a given construction. We examine a subset of results from a study comparing native and learner competence of properties at the syntax-discourse interface. Specifically, we look at the acceptability of Clitic Right Dislocation in native and L2 Spanish, in discourse-appropriate context. We argue that Duffield’s distinction is a possible explanation of our results.
Published online: 03 August 2011
https://doi.org/10.1075/eurosla.11.12rot
https://doi.org/10.1075/eurosla.11.12rot
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