Analysis of the production of pronominal constructions in Spanish in a learner corpus

It is a well-established fact that pronominal constructions are one of the most difficult areas for learners of Spanish as a second language (Tremblay, 2006, Toth, 2000). This study aims to contribute to the area of language learning and materials design by drawing a general picture of the productio...

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Autores: Fernández Montraveta, Ana María, Vázquez García, Glòria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1558/jrds.39063
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/67968
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Learner corpus
Spanish as second language
Spanish as a foreign language
Error analysis
Pronominal constructions
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spelling Analysis of the production of pronominal constructions in Spanish in a learner corpusFernández Montraveta, Ana MaríaVázquez García, GlòriaLearner corpusSpanish as second languageSpanish as a foreign languageError analysisPronominal constructionsIt is a well-established fact that pronominal constructions are one of the most difficult areas for learners of Spanish as a second language (Tremblay, 2006, Toth, 2000). This study aims to contribute to the area of language learning and materials design by drawing a general picture of the production of pronominal constructions applying corpus linguistics methodology, following the recommendations of Zyzick (2006). The analysis has been carried out taking into consideration three aspects: the students' L1, the semantics of each construction, and the type of errors found. In order to conduct our study, a corpus of 2,532 real pronominal sentences (written by learners of Spanish from levels B1 and C1) was compiled. Findings show that students with a Romance L1 do not perform better than students with a non-Romance L1. Also, the semantics of the different types of pronominal constructions seem to have an influence on the students' performance. Finally, errors of overgeneralization are more common than errors of omission. In addition, the latter decrease in higher levels whereas the former seem to increase. These results may be used to reconsider some aspects of the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.Equinox Publishing2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1558/jrds.39063http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/67968reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1558/jrds.39063Journal of Research Design and Statistics in Linguistics and Communication Science, 2018, vol. 5, núm. 1-2, p. 170-188(c) Equinox Publishing, 2018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/679682026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Analysis of the production of pronominal constructions in Spanish in a learner corpus
title Analysis of the production of pronominal constructions in Spanish in a learner corpus
spellingShingle Analysis of the production of pronominal constructions in Spanish in a learner corpus
Fernández Montraveta, Ana María
Learner corpus
Spanish as second language
Spanish as a foreign language
Error analysis
Pronominal constructions
title_short Analysis of the production of pronominal constructions in Spanish in a learner corpus
title_full Analysis of the production of pronominal constructions in Spanish in a learner corpus
title_fullStr Analysis of the production of pronominal constructions in Spanish in a learner corpus
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of the production of pronominal constructions in Spanish in a learner corpus
title_sort Analysis of the production of pronominal constructions in Spanish in a learner corpus
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernández Montraveta, Ana María
Vázquez García, Glòria
author Fernández Montraveta, Ana María
author_facet Fernández Montraveta, Ana María
Vázquez García, Glòria
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Learner corpus
Spanish as second language
Spanish as a foreign language
Error analysis
Pronominal constructions
topic Learner corpus
Spanish as second language
Spanish as a foreign language
Error analysis
Pronominal constructions
description It is a well-established fact that pronominal constructions are one of the most difficult areas for learners of Spanish as a second language (Tremblay, 2006, Toth, 2000). This study aims to contribute to the area of language learning and materials design by drawing a general picture of the production of pronominal constructions applying corpus linguistics methodology, following the recommendations of Zyzick (2006). The analysis has been carried out taking into consideration three aspects: the students' L1, the semantics of each construction, and the type of errors found. In order to conduct our study, a corpus of 2,532 real pronominal sentences (written by learners of Spanish from levels B1 and C1) was compiled. Findings show that students with a Romance L1 do not perform better than students with a non-Romance L1. Also, the semantics of the different types of pronominal constructions seem to have an influence on the students' performance. Finally, errors of overgeneralization are more common than errors of omission. In addition, the latter decrease in higher levels whereas the former seem to increase. These results may be used to reconsider some aspects of the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.
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