Beyond morphological use: what semantic knowledge tells us about aspect in L2 portuguese (Além do uso morfológico: o que o conhecimento semântico nos diz sobre o aspecto em português como L2)

Jason Rothman; Mike Iverson

doi:10.22481/el.v7i2.1097

Authors

Jason Rothman University of Iowa (USA)
Mike Iverson University of Iowa (USA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22481/el.v7i2.1097

Keywords:

Aquisição de L2, Aspecto em português como L2, Teorias de continuidade da GU

Abstract

Esse estudo investiga a aquisição do aspecto [±perfeito] em português L2, mediante conhecimento da distinção [± acidental] que ocorre entre o pretérito perfeito e imperfeito em frases com quantificação adverbial (LENCI; BERTINETTO, 2000; MENÉNDEZ-BENITO, 2002). Mostramos que os aprendizes L2 intermediários demonstram conhecimento da semântica sintagmática, que conforme argumentamos é acessível por meio da aquisição de novos traços da L2. Como resultado, propomos que os dados dão suporte a teorias de continuidade da GU (DUFFIELD; WHITE, 1999; SCHWARTZ; SPROUSE, 1996) e oferecem evidência contra as assim chamadas propostas de Traços Malsucedidos (FAILED FEATURES; BECK, 1998; HAWKINS; CHAN, 1997) para ASL (aquisição de segunda língua). Além disso, discutimos tais dados considerando abordagens probabilísticas para ASL, que interpretam erros de uso morfológico nesse nível como evidência de déficits subjacentes das representações mentais de L2. Em consonância com outros autores, argumentamos que o desempenho morfológico não é por si só uma medida direta ou exata da competência linguística (PRÉVOST; WHITE, 2000; LARDIERE, 1998, 2006).
PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Aquisição de L2. Aspecto em português como L2. Teorias de continuidade da GU.

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Author Biographies

Jason Rothman, University of Iowa (USA)

Jason Rothman is an assistant professor of Hispanic linguistics and language acquisition at the University of Iowa (USA). His main areas of research span adult L2 acquisition, bilingualism, child L1 acquisition, adult L3/Ln acquisition and comparative acquisition epistemology. From the generative paradigm, his work has mainly examined the acquisition of complex syntax and its semantic entailments as well as syntactic properties that require integration with discourse pragmatics. Recent articles have appeared or are to appear in Applied Linguistics, International Journal of Bilingualism, International Review of Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Second Language Research, Studies in Second Language Acquisition including other major journals in the field.

Mike Iverson, University of Iowa (USA)

Michel Iverson is a second-year doctoral candidate in the t he Spanish and Portuguese Department at the University of Iowa (USA) specializing in Hispanic linguistics and adult language acquisition. His research focuses on adult second language acquisition, the newly emerging field of L3/Ln acquisition and heritage language acquisition from the generative linguistic paradigm, looking at both Spanish and Portuguese acquisition. His dissertation will focus on how the age of acquisition of a second language affects the acquisition of a third language. He plans to graduate in 2012. In addition to chapters in peer reviewed volumes, recent work has appeared in International Review of Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, EuroSLA yearbook, Hispania and the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics.

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