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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25411| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Path under construction : challenges beyond s-framed motion event construal in L2 German |
| Authors: | Madlener-Charpentier, Karin Liste Lamas, Elsa |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fcomm.2022.859714 10.21256/zhaw-25411 |
| Published in: | Frontiers in Communication |
| Volume(Issue): | 7 |
| Page(s): | 859714 |
| Issue Date: | 4-Aug-2022 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
| ISSN: | 2297-900X |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Motion events; Path encoding; German as a second language; Satellite-framed; Directional adverbs |
| Subject (DDC): | 430: German |
| Abstract: | The encoding of motion events is known to be challenging for second language (L2) users, particularly if the lexicalization patterns of their first language (L1) diverge from those of the L2. This paper analyzes oral and written motion event descriptions produced by advanced L2 users of German, an information-dense satellite-framed language. Based on L2 usage and error patterns, we discuss six major challenges with respect to motion event encoding and, more specifically, path encoding. These challenges clearly go beyond event construal and the acquisition of the basic satellite-framed lexicalization pattern (e.g., verb semantics) as well as beyond expected challenges related to the use of prepositional phrases (e.g., prepositional semantics, case marking). Advanced L2 users actually particularly struggle with “smaller” path encoding devices such as particles, locative and directional adverbs, their formal and functional differentiation, their usage patterns and combinatorial potential. These aspects seem to be challenging for advanced L2 users of German with either verb-framed L1s (French, Spanish) or satelliteframed L1s (Danish, English). We therefore discuss characteristics of the target language input that might explain why L2 users struggle with identifying and differentiating these path encoding devices, their usage, and combinatorial patterns. We sketch potential implications for L2 teaching. |
| Further description: | The CC BY 4.0 license statement can be found here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2022.859714/full |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/25411 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | Applied Linguistics |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Language Competence (ILC) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik |
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Madlener-Charpentier, K., & Liste Lamas, E. (2022). Path under construction : challenges beyond s-framed motion event construal in L2 German. Frontiers in Communication, 7, 859714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.859714
Madlener-Charpentier, K. and Liste Lamas, E. (2022) ‘Path under construction : challenges beyond s-framed motion event construal in L2 German’, Frontiers in Communication, 7, p. 859714. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.859714.
K. Madlener-Charpentier and E. Liste Lamas, “Path under construction : challenges beyond s-framed motion event construal in L2 German,” Frontiers in Communication, vol. 7, p. 859714, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2022.859714.
MADLENER-CHARPENTIER, Karin und Elsa LISTE LAMAS, 2022. Path under construction : challenges beyond s-framed motion event construal in L2 German. Frontiers in Communication. 4 August 2022. Bd. 7, S. 859714. DOI 10.3389/fcomm.2022.859714
Madlener-Charpentier, Karin, and Elsa Liste Lamas. 2022. “Path under Construction : Challenges beyond S-Framed Motion Event Construal in L2 German.” Frontiers in Communication 7 (August): 859714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.859714.
Madlener-Charpentier, Karin, and Elsa Liste Lamas. “Path under Construction : Challenges beyond S-Framed Motion Event Construal in L2 German.” Frontiers in Communication, vol. 7, Aug. 2022, p. 859714, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.859714.
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