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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013
Series:Benjamins current topics v. 48
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
This study investigates the vulnerability of mature native grammars at the interfaces in adult Spanish speakers who have been residing in the US for a mean period of five years but continue to use their L1 on a daily basis. Participants were tested on production and comprehension of subject-verb inversion on two wh-constructions: matrix questions and relative clauses. The crucial distinction between inversion in these two types of constructions is that in relative clauses it is regulated by extra-syntactic conditions such as pragmatic and/or phonological considerations, while inversion
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ISBN:9789027271952
902727195X
9789027202673
9027202672
1299540651
9781299540651

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