Linguistic encoding of motion events in English and French: Typological constraints on second language acquisition and agrammatic aphasia

Soroli, Efstathia; Sahraoui, Halima; Sacchett, Carol

doi:10.1075/lia.3.2.05sor

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Typological perspectives on second language acquisition: ‘Thinking for Speaking’ in L2: Perspectives typologiques sur l’acquisition d’une langue seconde: ‘Penser pour Parler’ en L2
Edited by Sandra Benazzo, Monique Flecken and Efstathia Soroli
[Language, Interaction and Acquisition 3:2] 2012
► pp. 261–287

Linguistic encoding of motion events in English and French

Typological constraints on second language acquisition and agrammatic aphasia

Efstathia Soroli | Laboratoire Structures Formelles du Langage, CNRS & Université de Paris 8

Halima Sahraoui | Laboratoire Octogone-Jacques Lordat, Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail

Carol Sacchett | Department of Language and Communication, Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, University College London

Languages show differences in how they encode motion in discourse: Verb-framed languages lexicalize Path in the verb, leaving Manner peripheral or implicit; Satellite-framed languages lexicalize Manner together with Path adjuncts. The present study investigates: 1) the extent to which such typological constraints affect the verbalizations of second language learners (English learners of French) and of aphasic speakers (English and French speakers with agrammatism) — who typically show dissociations between lexical and syntactic knowledge — in comparison to controls (English and French native speakers); as well as 2) the role of language-independent factors (level of acquisition, syndrome type). Despite some similarities between learners and speakers with aphasia due to language-independent factors, the findings suggest typologically constrained verbalizations in all groups, as well as diverging strategies that may reflect distinct underlying conceptualization processes.

Keywords: typological constraints, spatial language, second language acquisition, agrammatism, compensatory (language-specific/language-neutral) strategies

Published online: 21 December 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/lia.3.2.05sor

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