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The locative paradigm in the L2 Spanish of Catalan native speakers

Published online: 18 February 2015
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This chapter explores the expression of locative and existential constructions in the Spanish of native speakers of Catalan (N = 20). Three (micro)parametric differences are investigated: the definiteness effect, the eventive effect, and the use of clitics. An oral production task (OPT) and an acceptability judgment task (AJT) were analyzed; a control group of native Spanish speakers was included (N = 20). Results of the OPT indicated underuse of estar, and an increase in clitics in the grammar of Catalan-Spanish bilinguals; the AJT showed that bilinguals accepted ungrammatical sentences with ser to locate in Spanish, and ungrammatical definite DPs with haber, displaying significant differences in their implicit grammars and a certain degree of functional convergence and language interference. Keywords: locatives; ser; estar; haber; Catalan; definiteness effect
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