This study investigates parallels between L2 acquisition and language change, exploring the hypothesis that the transition from a null subject grammar to a non-null subject grammar follows common principles in both contexts. The study focuses on the acquisition of L2 English by native speakers of European Portuguese, comparing it with diachronic change data from Brazilian Portuguese. 64 Portuguese learners of L...
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Prefácio do volume 13 da "Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística".
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This study investigates the acquisition of null objects in L2 European Portuguese (EP), using an elicited oral production task and two speeded acceptability judgement tasks (written and oral). Participants were 25 L1 EP speakers and 30 L1 Spanish-L2 EP adult learners at intermediate to near-native levels. Results show that L1 and L2 EP speakers produce and accept clitics significantly more than null objects. Re...
Foreword to issue 11.; Nota Prévia ao n.º 11 da RAPL.
This study investigates the acquisition of clitic placement in L2 EP, using an elicited oral production task and a speeded acceptability judgement task. Participants were 20 L1 EP speakers and 30 L1 Spanish-L2 EP adult learners at intermediate to near-native levels. Results show that enclisis stabilizes early (at least in production) and proclisis develops sequentially, following a route similar to that observe...