BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16693-2d8ca0589d1962a3321a077dffc16ff8@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260307T154806Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T103000 SUMMARY:CLS Speaker Series - Mike Putnam (Penn State University) Complex wh-Mov ement in Heritage Speakers and L2 Learners: Transfer vs. Derivational Co mplexity DESCRIPTION:Complex wh-Movement in Heritage Speakers and L2 Learners: Tr ansfer vs. Derivational Complexity\nNon-target patterns of language prod uction in heritage and L2 populations stand to reveal a great deal about the unity of behaviors under ideal resource availability (competence) a nd capacity-limited behaviors (performance) of these grammars. In this p resentation I present on going collaborative research (Hopp\, Putnam\, & amp\; Vosburg\; under review) where we investigate whether non-target wh -questions in heritage Mennonite Low German (a.k.a. Plautdietsch) and L2 English speakers are due primarily to cross-linguistic transfer or the reduction of grammatical complexity as modeled by the Derivational Compl exity Hypothesis (DCH\, Jakubowicz\, 2005). Previous research shows that complex (i.e.\, cross-clausal) wh-dependencies pose more difficulty to child L1 and adult L2 learners than monoclausal dependencies (Jakubowicz &\; Strik\, 2008\; Schulz\, 2011\; Slavkov\, 2014). In this study\, we investigate the linguistic behavior of twelve (n=12) bilingual Plautd ietsch-English speakers in Southwestern Kansas\, analyzing both their pr oduction and comprehension of wh-questions in both languages. In both pr oduction and comprehension\, in the L1 only heritage speakers produced m edial\, non-target wh-elements\, while in L2 English\, only late L2 lear ners produced such elements. We argue that these patterns cannot be due to transfer\, since speakers produce medial-wh in only one of their lang uages. Instead\, medial wh-elements occur as a mechanism to reduce synta ctic complexity in the less dominant language\, irrespective of whether it is the L1 or L2 and regardless of whether the language was acquired e arly or later in life. These findings suggest that the DCH can account f or aspects of grammatical restructuring in both L1 and (late) L2 speaker s.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cls-speaker-seri es-mike-putnam-penn-state-university-complex-wh-movement-in-heritage-spe akers-and-l2-learners-transfer-vs-derivational-complexity/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Complex wh-Movement in Heritage Speakers and L2 Learners: Transfer vs. Derivational Complexity

Non-target patterns of language production in heritage and L2 populations stand to reveal a great deal about the unity of behaviors un der ideal resource availability (competence) and capacity-limited behavi ors (performance) of these grammars. In this presentation I present on g oing collaborative research (Hopp, Putnam, & Vosburg; under review) where we investigate whether non-target wh-questions in heritage Mennoni te Low German (a.k.a. Plautdietsch) and L2 English speakers are due prim arily to cross-linguistic transfer or the reduction of grammatical compl exity as modeled by the Derivational Complexity Hypothesis (DCH, Jakubow icz, 2005). Previous research shows that complex (i.e., cross-clausal) w h-dependencies pose more difficulty to child L1 and adult L2 learners th an monoclausal dependencies (Jakubowicz & Strik, 2008; Schulz, 2011; Slavkov, 2014). In this study, we investigate the linguistic behavior o f twelve (n=12) bilingual Plautdietsch-English speakers in Southwestern Kansas, analyzing both their production and comprehension of wh-question s in both languages. In both production and comprehension, in the L1 onl y heritage speakers produced medial, non-target wh-elements, while in L2 English, only late L2 learners produced such elements. We argue that th ese patterns cannot be due to transfer, since speakers produce medial-wh in only one of their languages. Instead, medial wh-elements occur as a mechanism to reduce syntactic complexity in the less dominant language, irrespective of whether it is the L1 or L2 and regardless of whether the language was acquired early or later in life. These findings suggest th at the DCH can account for aspects of grammatical restructuring in both L1 and (late) L2 speakers.

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