Catalan existential sentences produced by Chinese learners

In this paper we intend to show how L1 influences the Catalan existential sentences produced by Chinese learners of Catalan. This study is based on data generated by means of semi-structured interviews to 6 adult learners living in North-Eastern Catalonia. In order to better understand the Catalan e...

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Autor: Gràcia i Solé, Lluïsa
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/12738
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/12738
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Llengua segona -- Adquisició
Second language acquisition
Català -- Adquisició
Catalan language -- Acquisition
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Resumo:In this paper we intend to show how L1 influences the Catalan existential sentences produced by Chinese learners of Catalan. This study is based on data generated by means of semi-structured interviews to 6 adult learners living in North-Eastern Catalonia. In order to better understand the Catalan existential sentences they produce, we also take into account their production of attributive, locative and possessive sentences, as well as their use of the verbal inflection in L2 and the use of the clitic hi, which also appears in the existential verb haver-hi. We conclude that all these factors are relevant to explain why Catalan existential constructions are so difficult to acquire for Chinese learners