In this work I outline a novel proposal aimed at explaining residual optionality in the use of anaphoric devices in near-native speakers of Italian with L1 English. While the current literature has assumed either a representational or a processing difference between natives and near-natives, my proposal reconciles the basic insight of the representational account with the findings concerning processing differences, in the spirit of a more general perspective aimed at integrating representations and processing (Fodor,1974; Sharwood-Smith, 2019). Key points of my proposal are: a) to the root of processing differences there is a different representation; b) this representation is not caused by the other language: rather, resort to the other language is a consequence of an underspecified representation, in turn a general feature of language acquisition.

To the root of (some) interface properties in near-natives’ grammars

Di Domenico, Elisa
2020-01-01

Abstract

In this work I outline a novel proposal aimed at explaining residual optionality in the use of anaphoric devices in near-native speakers of Italian with L1 English. While the current literature has assumed either a representational or a processing difference between natives and near-natives, my proposal reconciles the basic insight of the representational account with the findings concerning processing differences, in the spirit of a more general perspective aimed at integrating representations and processing (Fodor,1974; Sharwood-Smith, 2019). Key points of my proposal are: a) to the root of processing differences there is a different representation; b) this representation is not caused by the other language: rather, resort to the other language is a consequence of an underspecified representation, in turn a general feature of language acquisition.
2020
1-5275-5065-6
pro, overt pronouns, transfer, near-native speakers, representations, processing
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