Input-dependent L2 acquisition: Causative constructions in English as a foreign and second language
(2016) Applied Construction Grammar — ISBN: [978-3-11-045826-8], 115-148, published
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- (en) Adopting a constructionist corpus-based approach, this chapter seeks to investigate the influence of acquisition context on the learning of constructions. It starts from a usage-based view of language acquisition to formulate the hypothesis of “input-dependent L2 acquisition”, which predicts that learners of English as a second language, who get exposed to naturally-occurring language, should have a better command of constructions than learners of English as a foreign language, who rely almost exclusively on formal instruction. This hypothesis is tested for the causative construction, whose frequency, syntactic behaviour and phraseological preferences are compared in corpus data representing the two contexts of acquisition. The findings partly support the hypothesis, but also lead to a refinement of the usage-based model of L2 acquisition, suggesting that other factors than context should also be taken into account.
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Gilquin, G. (2016). Input-dependent L2 acquisition: Causative constructions in English as a foreign and second language. In Sabine De Knop & Gaëtanelle Gilquin (ed.), Applied Construction Grammar (pp. 115-148). de Gruyter. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/231479