The determin category in the acquisition of portuguese L2 by deafs
This study investigates the use of determiners in the interlanguage of deafs learning (written) Brazilian Portuguese (BP) as a second language (L2). Adopting the theoretical assumptions of the generative grammar, we assume the hypothesis that the Brazilian Sign Language (BSL) lexicalizes the determi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Associação Brasileira de Linguística (ABRALIN) |
| Repositorio: | Cadernos de Linguística |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs3.cadernos.abralin.org:article/84 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://cadernos.abralin.org/index.php/cadernos/article/view/84 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Aquisição de segunda língua Determinantes Interlíngua Deixis Second language acquisition Determiners Interlanguage |
| Sumario: | This study investigates the use of determiners in the interlanguage of deafs learning (written) Brazilian Portuguese (BP) as a second language (L2). Adopting the theoretical assumptions of the generative grammar, we assume the hypothesis that the Brazilian Sign Language (BSL) lexicalizes the determiner category (D) by means of a pointing sign, which encodes the reference of the noun, as well as the system of personal and demonstrative pronouns. The data of the interlanguage were provided by 11 deaf participants having the Brazilian Sign Language (BSL) as their first language (L1). They were enrolled in a semi-structured activity of language production in (written) Portuguese, having sentences in BSL as a reference. The participants were distributed in two groups, according to their level of proficiency in BP: G1 (basic) e G2 (intermediary). A relevant result is the presence of language development, as G2 displays a significant reduction in the use bare nouns (in which the determiner is absent). Regarding the use of the determiner, a higher rate in the use of the demonstrative pronoun was observed as compared to the definite article. This result is analised as L1 interference, given the presence of the ‘deictic’ feature on the D head in BSL. |
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