L1 Conceptual Transfer in the Acquisition of L2 Motion Events in Spanish and English: The Thinking-for-Speaking Hypothesis
This research paper takes and builds upon Slobin’s (1987) thinking-for-speaking hypothesis as a basis for exploring the notion of conceptual transfer from the L1 in the acquisition and production of motion events in an L2. This is achieved by investigating the extent to which L2 transfer presents it...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Open Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opli.2016.2.issue-1/opli-2016-0011/opli-2016-0011.xml?format=INT |