Morphosyntactic Attrition in L1 Spanish-L2 English Bilinguals: Anaphora Resolution in Classroom and Naturalistic Settings
This study examines the impact of L1 attrition on anaphora resolution, focusing on the processing of subject pronouns among bilingual individuals. The research focuses on two groups of Spanish-English bilinguals: those learning English in academic settings (i.e., classroom bilinguals) and those imme...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/169462 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/169462 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Anaphora resolution Bilingualism Classroom bilinguals L1 attrition L1 Spanish-L2 English Naturalistic bilinguals Atrición de L1 Bilingües de aula Bilingües naturalistas Bilingüismo L1 Español-L2 inglés Resolución de anáforas |
| Sumario: | This study examines the impact of L1 attrition on anaphora resolution, focusing on the processing of subject pronouns among bilingual individuals. The research focuses on two groups of Spanish-English bilinguals: those learning English in academic settings (i.e., classroom bilinguals) and those immersed in L2 naturalistic environments (i.e., naturalistic bilinguals). This study investigates how these bilinguals interpret overt and null subject pronouns in their L1 (Spanish) compared to monolingual Spanish speakers. In line with the Position of Antecedent Strategy (Carminati, 2002), the hypothesis suggests that null pronouns will be interpreted as referring to subject antecedents, while overt pronouns will be more often associated with non-subject antecedents. The Interface Hypothesis (Sorace & Filiaci, 2006) anticipates that overt subject pronouns might be more susceptible to attrition due to the influence of a non-null-subject language, such as English. This could lead to a broader use of overt pronouns for subject antecedents. Furthermore, according to the Activation Threshold Hypothesis (Paradis, 1993), such effects are expected to be more pronounced in naturalistic bilinguals compared to those in academic settings. Using a Picture Selection Task as the primary research instrument, the findings suggest that both bilingual groups experience L1 processing attrition to varying degrees, with naturalistic bilinguals possibly being more affected, potentially due to their heavier reliance on their L2 in daily life. |
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