Learning verbs of movement in a foreign language: spanish students of english in a formal context

[EN] Native speakers of different languages may conflate reality in different ways. One of the most illustrative examples of this idea is movement and the divergences in its lexicalization on the part of the native speakers of English and Spanish. The present study focuses on the lexicalization of m...

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Autor: Alcaraz Mármol, Gema
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Language learning
Motion events
Spanish
English
Second language
Lexicalization
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spelling Learning verbs of movement in a foreign language: spanish students of english in a formal contextAlcaraz Mármol, GemaLanguage learningMotion eventsSpanishEnglishSecond languageLexicalization[EN] Native speakers of different languages may conflate reality in different ways. One of the most illustrative examples of this idea is movement and the divergences in its lexicalization on the part of the native speakers of English and Spanish. The present study focuses on the lexicalization of motion events in the learners¿ interlanguage. We compare the use of Path and Manner verbs in two groups of native speakers of Spanish studying English at elementary and advanced levels. The way movement was conflated by the advanced group was reasonably close to the English way, whereas the elementary group was still far from the English lexicalization of movement. These results support the language-based theories on cognition as they show that differences of L2 proficiency may have an influence in the way motion is lexicalized in the L2.Editorial Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20132013-07-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/31359reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reserva de todos los derechoshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/313592026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Learning verbs of movement in a foreign language: spanish students of english in a formal context
title Learning verbs of movement in a foreign language: spanish students of english in a formal context
spellingShingle Learning verbs of movement in a foreign language: spanish students of english in a formal context
Alcaraz Mármol, Gema
Language learning
Motion events
Spanish
English
Second language
Lexicalization
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title_full Learning verbs of movement in a foreign language: spanish students of english in a formal context
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title_full_unstemmed Learning verbs of movement in a foreign language: spanish students of english in a formal context
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Motion events
Spanish
English
Second language
Lexicalization
topic Language learning
Motion events
Spanish
English
Second language
Lexicalization
description [EN] Native speakers of different languages may conflate reality in different ways. One of the most illustrative examples of this idea is movement and the divergences in its lexicalization on the part of the native speakers of English and Spanish. The present study focuses on the lexicalization of motion events in the learners¿ interlanguage. We compare the use of Path and Manner verbs in two groups of native speakers of Spanish studying English at elementary and advanced levels. The way movement was conflated by the advanced group was reasonably close to the English way, whereas the elementary group was still far from the English lexicalization of movement. These results support the language-based theories on cognition as they show that differences of L2 proficiency may have an influence in the way motion is lexicalized in the L2.
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