Existence and consequences of dormant features: Evidence from L2 acquisition of Chinese object ellipsis

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-12-29 DOI:10.1177/02676583211066293

Lulu Zhang

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Abstract

The current study investigates second language acquisition of Chinese object ellipsis to probe the development of features transferred from learners’ native language without robust confirming or disconfirming evidence in the second language (L2) input. It is argued that Chinese allows object ellipsis licensed by a verb with a [VCase] feature but not by a verb with a [Vnon-Case] feature. In contrast, Korean allows object ellipsis to be licensed by both types of verbs, whilst English prohibits both. An acceptability judgement task was conducted among first language (L1) English and L1 Korean L2 Chinese learners from elementary to advanced levels, with the results showing that the [Vnon-Case] feature was assembled in the Chinese grammars of English and Korean elementary L2 learners; however, it gradually lost its vigour and licensing power for object ellipsis in intermediate L2 grammars and was successfully removed from licensing object ellipsis in advanced L2 grammars. These findings support predictions by Yuan regarding a feature’s dormant status and modify Yuan’s predictions regarding a dormant feature’s consequences.

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休眠特征的存在及其后果——来自汉语宾语省略二语习得的证据

本研究调查了汉语宾语省略的第二语言习得，以探讨在第二语言（L2）输入中，在没有强有力的证实或不证实证据的情况下，从学习者的母语转移来的特征的发展。有人认为，汉语允许具有[VCase]特征的动词使用宾语省略，而不允许具有[Vnon-Case]特征动词使用宾语省略号。相反，朝鲜语允许两种类型的动词都使用宾语省略，而英语则禁止两者。在初级至高级的第一语言（L1）英语和L1韩语第二语言汉语学习者中进行了可接受性判断任务，结果表明，[Vnon-Case]特征在英语和韩语初级第二语言学习者的汉语语法中得到了组装；然而，它在中级二语语法中逐渐失去了对对象省略的活力和许可权，并成功地从高级二语语法的许可对象省略中移除。这些发现支持了袁关于特征休眠状态的预测，并修改了袁关于休眠特征后果的预测。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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2 months

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