The effects of bilingual proficiency on the acceptability of motion encoding strategies

IF 2.6 1区文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS Bilingualism: Language and Cognition Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI:10.1017/s136672892400052x

Jean Costa-Silva, Shulin Zhang, Vera Lee-Schoenfeld

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When describing motion events, English encodes Manner of motion in the verb and Path of motion in a satellite (s-framing). Brazilian Portuguese (BP), however, encodes Path in the verb and elaborates Manner adverbially (v-framing). This study investigates at what stages of L2 proficiency L2BP and English learners’ acceptability ratings converge with those of L1 speakers when rating sentences with Manner elaborated in the verb (Manner-verb) or in an adverb: a prepositional phrase (Manner-prep) or subordinate clause (Manner-AdvClause). Participants (n = 176) consisted of L1/L2English and L1/L2BP speakers. L2ers were grouped according to language proficiency (Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced). Results of ordinal logistic regressions show that Intermediate proficiency is associated with Manner-verb (L2BP) and Manner-prep ratings (L2English), and that Advanced proficiency is associated with Manner-verb (L2English) and Manner-AdvClause judgments (L2English and L2BP). These findings contribute to the limited body of work on the acquisition of v-framed L2s and the development of low-proficiency learners.

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双语熟练程度对动作编码策略可接受性的影响

在描述运动事件时，英语在动词中编码运动方式，在卫星中编码运动路径（s-framing）。然而，巴西葡萄牙语（BP）在动词中编码路径，在状语中阐述方式（v形框架）。本研究调查了L2熟练程度和英语学习者在评价动词（Manner-verb）或副词、介词短语（Manner-prep）或从句（Manner- advclause）中阐述方式的句子时，他们的可接受度评分与母语使用者的可接受度评分在哪些阶段趋同。参与者（n = 176）由L1/L2English和L1/L2BP发言者组成。学生们根据语言能力进行分组（初级、中级和高级）。有序逻辑回归的结果表明，中级熟练程度与行为动词（L2BP）和行为预备等级（L2English）有关，高级熟练程度与行为动词（L2English）和行为副词判断（L2English和L2BP）有关。这些发现导致了关于v型框架语言习得和低水平学习者发展的有限研究。

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