Effects of input frequency and microvariation on knowledge of negative inversion in L2 English

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/lab.24028.ran" target="_blank" >https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/lab.24028.ran</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/lab.24028.ran" target="_blank" >10.1075/lab.24028.ran</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Effects of input frequency and microvariation on knowledge of negative inversion in L2 English

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The present study investigates whether L2 learners of English distinguish between (un)grammatical word orders after fronted negative adverbials to identify negative inversion. Previous research on transfer and resetting of verb second (V2) in L1 German–L2 English is extended to explore residual V2 in the form of negative inversion. An acceptability judgment task elicited sentence ratings from advanced German-speaking learners of English for fronted negative adverbials with local and sentential scope. In addition, corpus frequency data of these negative adverbials were related to the learners’ ratings in order to investigate the potential role of input effects. Results suggest that linguistic constraints on microvariation with respect to fronting negative adverbials are broadly in place for learners at this proficiency level, as the scope of fronted negation has an effect on acceptability of negative inversion. Continued significant differences in acceptability judgements of advanced learners compared to native speakers indicate, however, that learners have not completely converged on the target pattern of microvariation. This is related to frequency and reliability of input.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Effects of input frequency and microvariation on knowledge of negative inversion in L2 English

Popis výsledku anglicky

The present study investigates whether L2 learners of English distinguish between (un)grammatical word orders after fronted negative adverbials to identify negative inversion. Previous research on transfer and resetting of verb second (V2) in L1 German–L2 English is extended to explore residual V2 in the form of negative inversion. An acceptability judgment task elicited sentence ratings from advanced German-speaking learners of English for fronted negative adverbials with local and sentential scope. In addition, corpus frequency data of these negative adverbials were related to the learners’ ratings in order to investigate the potential role of input effects. Results suggest that linguistic constraints on microvariation with respect to fronting negative adverbials are broadly in place for learners at this proficiency level, as the scope of fronted negation has an effect on acceptability of negative inversion. Continued significant differences in acceptability judgements of advanced learners compared to native speakers indicate, however, that learners have not completely converged on the target pattern of microvariation. This is related to frequency and reliability of input.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

LINGUISTIC APPROACHES TO BILINGUALISM

ISSN

1879-9264

e-ISSN

1879-9272

Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

27

Strana od-do

718-744

Kód UT WoS článku

001358599600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85210314593