Moving Across Languages: Motion Events in Spanish as a Second Language
Alberto Hijazo-Gascón, "Moving Across Languages: Motion Events in Spanish as a Second Language "
English | ISBN: 3110721023 | 2021 | 350 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 3 MB
English | ISBN: 3110721023 | 2021 | 350 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 3 MB
The book analyzes the complex relationship between languages in the bilingual mind with a focus on motion event typology and the acquisition of Spanish as a second language (L2).
The author starts out by examining L1 patterns which are transferred to less complex L2 systems. The data discussed was elicited by German learners of Spanish. A similar transfer is observed when L1 is typologically and genetically close, as in the case of French and Italian learners of Spanish. Furthermore, the author clarifies the relevance of intra-typological differences within the same linguistic family, including important differences in the lexicalization patterns of Italian with respect to French and Spanish.
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