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Article published In: Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 37:2 (2024) ► pp.553–590

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Interpretación semántica de verbos frasales por aprendientes de inglés como segunda lengua a partir de la posición (dis)continua de sus partículas

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Article language: Spanish

Published online: 27 October 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/resla.22009.rin
Resumen
Es investigación buscó establecer si los hablantes adultos no nativos de inglés interpretan los verbos frasales aspectuales a partir de la posición continua o discontinua de la partícula que los acompaña y si esto tiene relación con su nivel de dominio de inglés como segunda lengua (L2). Se diseñó una tarea de selección de imágenes que fue aplicada a hablantes adultos nativos y no nativos de inglés, estos últimos fueron divididos en cuatro grupos a partir de sus horas de exposición a la lengua meta (100–200 h, 300–400 h, 600–700 h, +1000 h). Los resultados sugieren que la posición de partícula puede afectar ocasionalmente la interpretación de los verbos frasales de inglés por parte de hablantes no nativos; sin embargo, esto no ocurre de igual manera en todos los verbos frasales, ya que la interpretación está también ligada a la categoría semántica de los verbos frasales y a la partícula presente en cada verbo frasal. Finalmente, los hablantes no nativos de inglés con mayor número de horas de exposición a la lengua meta tienen un desempeño no significativamente diferente al de los hablantes no nativos en la interpretación de verbos frasales, aunque en algunos casos las diferencias son pronunciadas.
Abstract
Semantic interpretation of phrasal verbs by learners of English as a second language by means of the (dis)continuous position of their particles
In this research, we sought to establish whether adult non-native English speakers interpret aspectual phrasal verbs by means of the continuous or discontinuous position of the particle that goes with them and whether this is related to their level of proficiency in English as a second language (L2). An image selection task was designed and applied to adult native and non-native English speakers, the latter were divided into four groups based on their hours of exposure to the target language (100–200 h, 300–400 h, 600–700 h, +1000 h.). The results obtained suggest that the position of the particle can sometimes affect the interpretation of phrasal verbs of English by non-native speakers; however, this does not occur in the same way for all phrasal verbs, since the interpretation is also linked to the category to which they belong and to the particle present in each case. Finally, non-native speakers of English with a greater number of hours of exposure to the target language do not have a significantly different performance from non-native speakers when interpreting phrasal verbs, although in some cases the differences are pronounced.
Article outline
  • 1.Introducción
  • 2.Verbos frasales
    • 2.1La posición de la partícula
  • 3.Verbos frasales y hablantes no nativos de inglés
    • 3.1Producción de los verbos frasales
    • 3.2Comprensión de los verbos frasales
  • 4.El estudio
    • 4.1Los sujetos
      • 4.1.1Perfil de los sujetos no nativos de inglés
      • 4.1.2Perfil de los sujetos nativos de inglés
    • 4.2El instrumento
      • 4.2.1Reactivos
      • 4.2.2Pronominalidad y posición discontinua de la partícula
    • 4.3Aplicación de la prueba
  • 5.Resultados
    • 5.1Verbos frasales composicionales
    • 5.2Verbos frasales aspectuales
      • 5.2.1Up
      • 5.2.2Down
      • 5.2.3Off
      • 5.2.4Through
      • 5.2.5Over
    • 5.3Verbos frasales no composicionales
      • 5.3.1Out
      • 5.3.2Up
  • 6.Discusión
  • 7.Conclusiones
  • Notas
  • Fuentes consultadas
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