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L2 acquisition and linguistic change: the case of null subjects

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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Effects of input on L2 acquisition of EP: the case of null objects

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...

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Clitic placement in L2 EP: Development path and end state

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...

Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística

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The Position of the Antecedent Strategy in null subject Romance languages

This study investigates the interpretation of pronominal subjects in European Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. 30 native speakers of each language completed two multiple-choice tasks (speeded and untimed), which elicited their interpretation of null and overt subject pronouns in intrasentential contexts with the order matrix‑subordinate. The tasks had a 2x2 design, crossing the following variables: animacy of t...