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Chinese Causative Resultative V-Vs and Their Acquisition by L1 European Portuguese Learners /

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Title/Author:	Chinese Causative Resultative V-Vs and Their Acquisition by L1 European Portuguese Learners // Jiaojiao Yao.
Author:	Yao, Jiaojiao,
Description:	1 electronic resource (259 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-04, Section: A.
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Chinese Causative Resultative V-Vs and Their Acquisition by L1 European Portuguese Learners /
Yao, Jiaojiao,

Chinese Causative Resultative V-Vs and Their Acquisition by L1 European Portuguese Learners /Jiaojiao Yao. - 1 electronic resource (259 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-04, Section: A.

The Chinese Causative Resultative V-Vs (CR V-Vs) express caused-result events, with the component denoting the Manner (causing eventuality) and the one encoding the Result in adjacency. They constitute an interesting construction since they exhibit both lexical and syntactic properties, show thematic flexibility, and sometimes are semantically ambiguous. In previous studies, authors generally fell into one of the following two groups: some claim that CR V-Vs are formed on the lexical level, while others claim that CR V-Vs are formed on the syntactic level. In this study, within the framework of the Minimalist Program and under the assumptions of Distributed Morphology, we attempt to provide an account that can explain CR V-Vs' properties holistically, including lexical properties such as V-V integrity and the "small size" constraint, and syntactic properties such as productivity and semantic compositionality, as well as other observed constraints such as the semantic constraint on V2 and the constraints related to causative alternation. More importantly, the syntactic structure we propose can account for the thematic flexibility and the semantic ambiguity of some CR V-Vs, which have attracted a lot of attention and imposed difficulty for explanation in the literature.In particular, we propose that Chinese CR V-Vs involve the head vCAUSE. The Mannerdenoting root conflates to it as an adjunct, and the Result-denoting root is incorporated to it as its Complement. Contrastingly, Portuguese does not allow either Manner Conflation or rootselecting vCAUSE. Therefore, for L1 Portuguese learners to acquire L2 Chinese CR V-Vs, parameter resetting will be required.To find out the accessibility of Universal Grammar (UG), the role of L1, and the attainability of parameter resetting in L2 acquisition, we conducted an experiment with 27 L1 Portuguese speakers learning Chinese as L2 (intermediate to advanced level) and 27 Chinese native speakers. The experiment includes three tasks: a semi-elicited production task (SPT), a grammaticality judgment task (GJT), and a comprehension task (CT). Results show a general positive developmental trend in CR V-Vs' production and comprehension and successful acquisition of some CR V-V constraints, which is a strong argument for UG access. Nativelike performance is observed in some L2 learners' responses in the SPT and CT, showing the attainability of parameter resetting. L1 transfer of both lexical properties and functional categories has been detected. However, some apparent evidence of L1 transfer of functional category properties is ambiguous because they can also be interpreted as evidence of UG access (similar to L1 acquisition). In general, the results of our study support an argument in favor of the Full Transfer Full Access hypothesis (Schwartz & Sprouse, 1994, 1996) of L2 acquisition.Nevertheless, the results of our study are not exclusively successful. We find that different aspects of the L2 grammars form a hierarchy of acquisition difficulty. While the L2 learners were successful in acquiring properties such as the V2 constraint, the V-V integrity, and the causative alternation constraints, they did not show sensitivity to constraints such as the V-V adjacency, and proficiency effect was not detected. It seems that parameter resetting does not guarantee successful acquisition.

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520 $a The Chinese Causative Resultative V-Vs (CR V-Vs) express caused-result events, with the component denoting the Manner (causing eventuality) and the one encoding the Result in adjacency. They constitute an interesting construction since they exhibit both lexical and syntactic properties, show thematic flexibility, and sometimes are semantically ambiguous. In previous studies, authors generally fell into one of the following two groups: some claim that CR V-Vs are formed on the lexical level, while others claim that CR V-Vs are formed on the syntactic level. In this study, within the framework of the Minimalist Program and under the assumptions of Distributed Morphology, we attempt to provide an account that can explain CR V-Vs' properties holistically, including lexical properties such as V-V integrity and the "small size" constraint, and syntactic properties such as productivity and semantic compositionality, as well as other observed constraints such as the semantic constraint on V2 and the constraints related to causative alternation. More importantly, the syntactic structure we propose can account for the thematic flexibility and the semantic ambiguity of some CR V-Vs, which have attracted a lot of attention and imposed difficulty for explanation in the literature.In particular, we propose that Chinese CR V-Vs involve the head vCAUSE. The Mannerdenoting root conflates to it as an adjunct, and the Result-denoting root is incorporated to it as its Complement. Contrastingly, Portuguese does not allow either Manner Conflation or rootselecting vCAUSE. Therefore, for L1 Portuguese learners to acquire L2 Chinese CR V-Vs, parameter resetting will be required.To find out the accessibility of Universal Grammar (UG), the role of L1, and the attainability of parameter resetting in L2 acquisition, we conducted an experiment with 27 L1 Portuguese speakers learning Chinese as L2 (intermediate to advanced level) and 27 Chinese native speakers. The experiment includes three tasks: a semi-elicited production task (SPT), a grammaticality judgment task (GJT), and a comprehension task (CT). Results show a general positive developmental trend in CR V-Vs' production and comprehension and successful acquisition of some CR V-V constraints, which is a strong argument for UG access. Nativelike performance is observed in some L2 learners' responses in the SPT and CT, showing the attainability of parameter resetting. L1 transfer of both lexical properties and functional categories has been detected. However, some apparent evidence of L1 transfer of functional category properties is ambiguous because they can also be interpreted as evidence of UG access (similar to L1 acquisition). In general, the results of our study support an argument in favor of the Full Transfer Full Access hypothesis (Schwartz & Sprouse, 1994, 1996) of L2 acquisition.Nevertheless, the results of our study are not exclusively successful. We find that different aspects of the L2 grammars form a hierarchy of acquisition difficulty. While the L2 learners were successful in acquiring properties such as the V2 constraint, the V-V integrity, and the causative alternation constraints, they did not show sensitivity to constraints such as the V-V adjacency, and proficiency effect was not detected. It seems that parameter resetting does not guarantee successful acquisition.
520 $a As sequencias de verbos Causativos Resultativos V-V em Chines (CR V-Vs) expressam eventos resultado-causado, com o componente que denota a Maneira (que causa eventualidade) e aquele que codifica o Resultado a ocorrem em adjacencia. E uma construcao interessante, uma vez que exibe propriedades lexicais e sintaticas particulares, mostra flexibilidade tematica e as vezes e semanticamente ambigua. Em estudos anteriores, os autores dividiram-se geralmente em dois grupos: alguns afirmam que os CR V-Vs sao formados no lexico, enquanto outros defendem que os CR V-Vs sao formados na sintaxe. Neste estudo, dentro do quadro teorico do Programa Minimalista e sob os pressupostos da Morfologia Distribuida, tentamos fornecer uma abordagem que pode explicar as propriedades CR V-Vs de forma holistica, incluindo propriedades lexicais, como a integridade e a restricao de "tamanho", e propriedades sintaticas, como a produtividade e a composicionalidade semantica, bem como outras restricoes observadas, tal como a restricao semantica sobre V2 e as restricoes relacionadas com a alternancia causativa. Alem disso, a nossa proposta pode explicar a flexibilidade tematica e a ambiguidade semantica de alguns CR V-Vs, que sido objeto de amplo debate na literatura.Em particular, propomos que os CR V-Vs chineses envolvem o nucleo vCAUSE. A raiz (root) que denota Maneira funde-se (Conflate) com vCAUSE como um adjunto e a raiz que denota Resultado e incorporada (Incorporate) em vCAUSE como seu Complemento. Em contraste, o portugues nao permite Manner Conflation nem a opcao root-selecting de vCAUSE. Portanto, para que os alunos de L1 portugues e L2 chines adquiram os CR V-Vs, sera necessario refixar os parametros.Para explorar as questoes de acessibilidade a Gramatica Universal (GU), o papel da L1 e a possibilidade de refixacao de parametros na aquisicao de L2, levamos a cabo um experiencia com 27 falantes de L1 portugues aprendentes de chines como L2 (nivel intermedio a avancado) e 27 falantes nativos de chines. A experiencia inclui tres tarefas: uma Tarefa de Producao Semi- Induzida (SPT), uma Tarefa de Julgamento de Grammaticidade (GJT) e uma Tarefa de Compreensao (CT). Os resultados mostram, na generalidade, uma tendencia de desenvolvimento positivo na producao e compreensao dos CR V-Vs e a aquisicao de algumas restricoes das construcoes CR V-Vs, o que e um forte argumento a favor da acessibilidade a UG. Observa-se um desempenho semelhante ao dos nativos nas respostas dos aprendentes L2 na SPT e na CT, o que favorece a hipotese de refixacao de parametros. A transferencia das propriedades lexicais e das categorias funcionais da L1 foi detectada. No entanto, algumas evidencias aparentes de transferencia L1 de propriedades das categorias funcionais sao ambiguas porque tambem podem ser interpretadas como evidencias de acesso a UG (semelhante a aquisicao de L1). Em geral, os resultados do nosso estudo constituem um argumento a favor da hipotese Full Transfer Full Access(Schwartz & Sprouse, 1994, 1996) da aquisicao de L2.Contudo, os resultados do nosso estudo nao apontam todos para uma aquisicao com sucesso.
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