Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English? Evidence from European Portuguese speakers learning English

This study examines the role of the Referential Hierarchy, as proposed by Cyrino, Duarte, & Kato (2000) based on diachronic data from Brazilian Portuguese (BP), in the restructuring of pronominal systems in L2 English. Participants were 71 Portuguese learners of L2 English (17 B1, 18 B2, 18 C1,...

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Autores: Fiéis, Alexandra|||0000-0001-8662-8795, Teixeira, Joana|||0000-0002-1562-8584
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/isogloss.582
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Palabra clave:Referentiality
Null subjects
Null objects
L2 acquisition
Diachronic change
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spelling Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English? Evidence from European Portuguese speakers learning EnglishFiéis, Alexandra|||0000-0001-8662-8795Teixeira, Joana|||0000-0002-1562-8584ReferentialityNull subjectsNull objectsL2 acquisitionDiachronic changeThis study examines the role of the Referential Hierarchy, as proposed by Cyrino, Duarte, & Kato (2000) based on diachronic data from Brazilian Portuguese (BP), in the restructuring of pronominal systems in L2 English. Participants were 71 Portuguese learners of L2 English (17 B1, 18 B2, 18 C1, 18 C2) and 12 adult native speakers of English. They were administered two speeded acceptability judgement tasks. The task on subjects crossed the variables overtness (null vs. overt) and referentiality (2p + human vs. 3p + human vs. 3p - human vs. expletive). The task on objects similarly manipulated overtness and referentiality, contrasting third-person objects with [+ human] and [-human] antecedents. Results reveal striking parallels between L2 acquisition (in L1 EP - L2 English) and diachronic change (as observed in BP), demonstrating that, in both cases, changes involving null categories unfold gradually rather than abruptly, and are guided by a common underlying principle: referentiality. 22025-01-0120252025-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/322161https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/isogloss.582reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3221612026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English? Evidence from European Portuguese speakers learning English
title Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English? Evidence from European Portuguese speakers learning English
spellingShingle Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English? Evidence from European Portuguese speakers learning English
Fiéis, Alexandra|||0000-0001-8662-8795
Referentiality
Null subjects
Null objects
L2 acquisition
Diachronic change
title_short Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English? Evidence from European Portuguese speakers learning English
title_full Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English? Evidence from European Portuguese speakers learning English
title_fullStr Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English? Evidence from European Portuguese speakers learning English
title_full_unstemmed Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English? Evidence from European Portuguese speakers learning English
title_sort Does the Referential Hierarchy influence subject and object omission in L2 English? Evidence from European Portuguese speakers learning English
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fiéis, Alexandra|||0000-0001-8662-8795
Teixeira, Joana|||0000-0002-1562-8584
author Fiéis, Alexandra|||0000-0001-8662-8795
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Teixeira, Joana|||0000-0002-1562-8584
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Referentiality
Null subjects
Null objects
L2 acquisition
Diachronic change
topic Referentiality
Null subjects
Null objects
L2 acquisition
Diachronic change
description This study examines the role of the Referential Hierarchy, as proposed by Cyrino, Duarte, & Kato (2000) based on diachronic data from Brazilian Portuguese (BP), in the restructuring of pronominal systems in L2 English. Participants were 71 Portuguese learners of L2 English (17 B1, 18 B2, 18 C1, 18 C2) and 12 adult native speakers of English. They were administered two speeded acceptability judgement tasks. The task on subjects crossed the variables overtness (null vs. overt) and referentiality (2p + human vs. 3p + human vs. 3p - human vs. expletive). The task on objects similarly manipulated overtness and referentiality, contrasting third-person objects with [+ human] and [-human] antecedents. Results reveal striking parallels between L2 acquisition (in L1 EP - L2 English) and diachronic change (as observed in BP), demonstrating that, in both cases, changes involving null categories unfold gradually rather than abruptly, and are guided by a common underlying principle: referentiality.
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