Reference control in the narratives of adult sign language learners

Aims and Objectives: Learning to control reference in narratives is a major step in becoming a speaker of a second language, including a signed language. Previous research describes the pragmatic and cognitive mechanisms that are used for reference control and it is clear that differences are appare...

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Autores: Bel, Aurora, Ortells, Marta, Morgan, Gary
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367006914527186
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Catalan Sign Language (LSC)
Discourse organisation
Reference
Second language acquisition
Interfaces
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spelling Reference control in the narratives of adult sign language learnersBel, AuroraOrtells, MartaMorgan, GaryCatalan Sign Language (LSC)Discourse organisationReferenceSecond language acquisitionInterfacesAims and Objectives: Learning to control reference in narratives is a major step in becoming a speaker of a second language, including a signed language. Previous research describes the pragmatic and cognitive mechanisms that are used for reference control and it is clear that differences are apparent between first and second language speakers. However, some debate exists about the reasons for second language learners’ tendency for over-redundancy in reference forms especially in the use of pronouns. In this study we tested these proposed reasons for L2 differences. Methodology: Narratives by 11 native signers and 13 adult advanced-learners of Catalan sign language were analysed for person reference. Data: Analysis focused on forms for introduction, reintroduction and maintenance of characters. Findings: The results indicate both groups used reference forms according to information saliency principles in similar ways. Differences between the groups were in the use of pronominal signs, where the learners adopted an over-redundancy strategy in line with one hypothesis in the previous studies on second language acquisition in spoken languages. Significance: The results are discussed in terms of the vulnerable syntax–pragmatics interface in developing bilinguals.This research was supported by a grant to Aurora Bel from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government (FFI2009-09349 & FFI2012-35058). Gary Morgan’s research was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (Grant 620-28-600 Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre).SAGE Publications202120212015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/47692http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367006914527186reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésInternational Journal of Bilingualism. 2015;19(5):608-24info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/FFI2009-09349info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/FFI2012-35058The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in International Journal of Bilingualism, 19/5, 2015 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/476922026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title Reference control in the narratives of adult sign language learners
spellingShingle Reference control in the narratives of adult sign language learners
Bel, Aurora
Catalan Sign Language (LSC)
Discourse organisation
Reference
Second language acquisition
Interfaces
title_short Reference control in the narratives of adult sign language learners
title_full Reference control in the narratives of adult sign language learners
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title_full_unstemmed Reference control in the narratives of adult sign language learners
title_sort Reference control in the narratives of adult sign language learners
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Ortells, Marta
Morgan, Gary
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Ortells, Marta
Morgan, Gary
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Morgan, Gary
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Catalan Sign Language (LSC)
Discourse organisation
Reference
Second language acquisition
Interfaces
topic Catalan Sign Language (LSC)
Discourse organisation
Reference
Second language acquisition
Interfaces
description Aims and Objectives: Learning to control reference in narratives is a major step in becoming a speaker of a second language, including a signed language. Previous research describes the pragmatic and cognitive mechanisms that are used for reference control and it is clear that differences are apparent between first and second language speakers. However, some debate exists about the reasons for second language learners’ tendency for over-redundancy in reference forms especially in the use of pronouns. In this study we tested these proposed reasons for L2 differences. Methodology: Narratives by 11 native signers and 13 adult advanced-learners of Catalan sign language were analysed for person reference. Data: Analysis focused on forms for introduction, reintroduction and maintenance of characters. Findings: The results indicate both groups used reference forms according to information saliency principles in similar ways. Differences between the groups were in the use of pronominal signs, where the learners adopted an over-redundancy strategy in line with one hypothesis in the previous studies on second language acquisition in spoken languages. Significance: The results are discussed in terms of the vulnerable syntax–pragmatics interface in developing bilinguals.
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