Wh-Islands in L2 Spanish and L2 English: Between Poverty of the Stimulus and Data Assessment

This paper sheds light on the acquisition of wh-islands in L2 English spoken by native speakers of Spanish and L2 Spanish spoken by native speakers of English as well as on the distribution of wh-islands in L1 Spanish. A grammaticality judgment task with a 7-point Likert scale provides evidence that...

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Main Authors:	Iván Ortega-Santos, Lara Reglero, Jon Franco
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Gobierno de Navarra 2018-12-01
Series:	Fontes Linguae Vasconum
Subjects:	wh-islands L2 acquisition data assessment poverty of the stimulus experimental syntax
Online Access:	http://www.culturanavarra.es/uploads/files/07-FLV126-WH%20Islands%20color.pdf

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spellingShingle	Iván Ortega-Santos Lara Reglero Jon Franco Wh-Islands in L2 Spanish and L2 English: Between Poverty of the Stimulus and Data Assessment Fontes Linguae Vasconum wh-islands L2 acquisition data assessment poverty of the stimulus experimental syntax
author_facet	Iván Ortega-Santos Lara Reglero Jon Franco
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title	Wh-Islands in L2 Spanish and L2 English: Between Poverty of the Stimulus and Data Assessment
title_short	Wh-Islands in L2 Spanish and L2 English: Between Poverty of the Stimulus and Data Assessment
title_full	Wh-Islands in L2 Spanish and L2 English: Between Poverty of the Stimulus and Data Assessment
title_fullStr	Wh-Islands in L2 Spanish and L2 English: Between Poverty of the Stimulus and Data Assessment
title_full_unstemmed	Wh-Islands in L2 Spanish and L2 English: Between Poverty of the Stimulus and Data Assessment
title_sort	wh-islands in l2 spanish and l2 english: between poverty of the stimulus and data assessment
publisher	Gobierno de Navarra
series	Fontes Linguae Vasconum
issn	0046-435X 2530-5832
publishDate	2018-12-01
description	This paper sheds light on the acquisition of wh-islands in L2 English spoken by native speakers of Spanish and L2 Spanish spoken by native speakers of English as well as on the distribution of wh-islands in L1 Spanish. A grammaticality judgment task with a 7-point Likert scale provides evidence that wh-island effects are present in L1 and L2 Spanish as well as L1 and L2 English. The L1 Spanish facts challenge the received view of wh-islands in this language, in keeping with recent developments which show that islands are more widely attested across languages than previously thought. These facts also highlight the dialogue between L2 research and replication studies thanks to the use of native control groups.
topic	wh-islands L2 acquisition data assessment poverty of the stimulus experimental syntax
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Wh-Islands in L2 Spanish and L2 English: Between Poverty of the Stimulus and Data Assessment

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