[WS119] Native language influence in second language acquisition
Authors : Julia Herschensohn and Martha Young-Scholten
Title : Native language influence in second language acquisition
From 1950s Contrastive Analysis (Lado 1957), native language (NL) influence or transfer—of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, lexicon, pragmatics—has been and continues to be a primary issue in the field of second language acquisition (L2A). However, its importance is complemented by the other influences that affect L2A such as universal linguistic properties, frequency of usage and social considerations. The proposed workshop will reexamine the issue of NL transfer from three perspectives: two two-hour sessions of verbal communications will explore initial transfer and endstate transfer respectively, while a third two-hour session will invite a roundtable of L2 scholars with differing theoretical perspectives to evaluate the role of NL in L2A.
A special issue (Second Language Research 12.1, 1996) focusing on the initial state of the L2 learner with respect to morphosyntactic knowledge prompted varied responses (e.g. Schwartz & Sprouse, Vainikka & Young-Scholten) and the establishment of transfer (or no transfer) as a key factor in analyzing interlanguage competence. The initial state of the adult second language learner was taken as an unknown—is it a tabula rasa as for L1 infants, a version of the native grammar, or something in between? Nearly twenty years later, it is appropriate to revisit the role of transfer in the initial state in Workshop Session 1.
If one considers complete NL transfer as an option for the initial state, what remains of the NL in a learner whose L2 has stabilized, and has resulted in the endstate of a highly advanced speaker? The ultimate state learner (cf. Lardiere 2007) may have had years of input and have achieved nativelike abilities in a range of areas, yet persist in nonnativelike behaviors. Workshop Session 2 will investigate areas of transfer, both positive and negative, in endstate learners.
Finally, a roundtable meeting bringing together well-known L2 scholars with differing theoretical perspectives will constitute Workshop Session 3. These perspectives will encompass phonological development, neurolinguistic processing, social interaction, processability accounts of sequencing, generative UG approaches to morphosyntax, and connectionist views of lexical learning.
References
Lado, R. 1957. Linguistics across cultures. Ann Arbor: Michigan UP.
Lardiere, D. 2007. Ultimate attainment in second language acquisition. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum.
Schwartz, B. & Sprouse, R. 1996. L2 cognitive states and the Full Transfer/Full Access model. Second Language Research 12: 40-72.
Vainikka, A. & Young-Scholten, M. 1996 Gradual development of L2 phrase structure. Second Language Research 12: 7-39.
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22.07.2013 14:00-16:00
Title: Roundtable: Differing perspectives on native language influence in second language acquisitionChair: Julia HERSCHENSOHN & Martha YOUNG-SCHOLTEN
14:00 - 14:20 Bonnie SCHWARTZ
Roundtable14:20 - 14:40 Donna LARDIERE
Roundtable14:40 - 15:00 Randal HOLME
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Roundtable15:20 - 15:40 Richard INGHAM
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The diachrony of a child L2 variety: later Anglo-Norman15:40 - 16:00 Cheryl FRENCK-MESTRE
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Roundtable
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22.07.2013 16:30-18:30
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16:30 - 16:50 Ellen BROSELOW
Roundtable16:50 - 17:10 Martha YOUNG-SCHOLTEN
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Roundtable17:10 - 18:30 all et al.
Roundtable + audience discussion
23.07.2013 10:30-12:30
Title: Native language influence in second language acquisition: Word order and processingChair: Viviane DÉPREZ
10:30 - 11:00 Natalie BOLL-AVETISYAN et al.
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Proficiency and sentential position effects on L1 transfer11:30 - 12:00 Cécile DECAT et al.
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23.07.2013 14:00-16:00
Title: Native language influence in second language acquisition: PostersChair: Nuria SAGARRA
14:00 - 16:00 Alexander KAUTZSCH
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Posters session14:00 - 16:00 Daniel GUTZMANN et al.
(poster in workshop)14:00 - 16:00 Evie MALAIA et al.
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(poster in workshop)14:00 - 16:00 Hortènsia CURELL
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(poster in workshop)14:00 - 16:00 Natalia KARTUSHINA et al.
Expression of motion in English L2 by advanced foreign learners
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(poster in workshop)14:00 - 16:00 Sandrine ZUFFEREY et al.
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Posters
Alexander KAUTZSCHIs it British or American? The acquisition of a non-native accent by advanced German learnersDaniel GUTZMANN et al.
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Native language influence on PP acquisition in GermanEvie MALAIA et al.
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Cognitive effort during reading in late bilinguals: an EEG studyHortènsia CURELL
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Expression of motion in English L2 by advanced foreign learnersNatalia KARTUSHINA et al.
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Native language transfer revisited: L2 phonological development in advanced learnersSandrine ZUFFEREY et al.
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The role of L1 transfer in misuse of discourse connectives by advanced L2 learners: evidence from eye movement
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