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Language learning through interaction: Online and in the classroom
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In: The Coastal Review: An Online Peer-reviewed Journal (2022)
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Language Interfaces in Adult Heritage Language Acquisition: A Study on Encoding of Nominal Reference in Mandarin Chinese as a Heritage Language
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In: Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures Faculty Publications (2022)
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According to the Interface Hypothesis in the field of bilingualism, the interface connecting a linguistic module with a language-external domain (e.g., syntax-discourse) will present prolonged difficulties for adult bilingual learners, as compared with the interface connecting language-internal modules (e.g., syntax-semantics). This study tested whether the Interface Hypothesis is applicable to the acquisition of Mandarin Chinese as a heritage language. An internet-based acceptability judgment task (AJT) was administered to 58 advanced and intermediate adult Chinese heritage speakers to collect data in accuracy and reaction time to investigate the adult heritage speakers’ mastery of referential nominal expressions regulated at the syntax-semantics and syntax-discourse interfaces, respectively, in Mandarin Chinese. The target linguistic phenomena involved three nominal expressions (i.e., the bare N(oun), the [Cl(assifier)-N], and the [Num(eral)-Cl-N]) under four interface-regulated referential readings (i.e., type-denoting, quantity-denoting, indefinite individual-denoting, and definite individual-denoting). In terms of accuracy, the results showed that (i) for the N and the [Num-Cl-N], regardless of the interface type, the advanced group acquired the target phenomena to a nativelike level, who significantly outperformed the intermediate group; (ii) for the [Cl-N], the advanced group exhibited nativelike attainment at the syntax-discourse interface but not at the syntax-semantics interface, and performed significantly better than the intermediate group at both interfaces. Regarding reaction time, no significant differences were reported between the advanced group and the native group for the target structures at either the syntax-semantics or the syntax-discourse interface, while the advanced group performed significantly better than the intermediate group, regardless of the interface type and the structure type. The findings suggest that the nature of the language interface, i.e., whether it pertains to language-external domains (i.e., the external interface) or not (i.e., the internal interface), should not be a reliable factor for predicting the (im)possibility of nativelike attainment of bilingual grammar knowledge, contra the predictions of the Interface Hypothesis. The present study provides new empirical evidence to show that language-external interface properties are not necessarily destined for prolonged difficulties in heritage language acquisition, and that it is possible for adult heritage speakers to make developmental progress in both accuracy and processing efficiency at different types of interfaces.
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East Asian Languages and Societies; heritage language; Interface Hypothesis; Linguistics; Mandarin Chinese; nominal reference; syntax-semantics/syntax-discourse interface
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URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/mcllc_facpub/14
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Las Comunidades Asiáticas en Latinoamérica
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In: World Languages and Cultures (2021)
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Inconsistent definitions: the most efficient immediate feedback ...
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International Bilingual Journal of Culture, Anthropology and Linguistics ...
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Will local ambiguities affect the processing of Mandarin relative clauses? ...
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El “Edicto General de Gracia” del Inquisidor Pedro Moya de Contreras y su relación con dos textos del escritor mexicano del siglo XVI, Francisco de Terrazas
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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A Study of the Third Space in Latin American Costumbrismo
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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Dilemmas, Struggles and Concerns for International Students during the Global Pandemic- Nationalism and Internationalism
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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Panel Presentation: Palabra sobre palabra. El discurso político español y latinoamericano
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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2021 SECCLL Conference Program
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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Fiction, History, and Self-Conscious Narration in Mala gente que camina (2006) by Benjamín Prado
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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دور التعليم القائم على الأنشطة والمهام في تنمية الكفاية اللغوية لمتعلمي اللغة العربية لغة ثانية
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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La Habana through the lens of Padura's Mario Conde
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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Un tema súper interesante:A Look at Online Use of Intensifier 'súper' in Argentine and Peruvian Spanish
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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Del Neorealismo al Posmodernismo: Evolución de la Lucha Libre en la Ficción Mexicana
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Our Linguistic Choices and Our Perception of the World in Light of Bourdieu’s Habitus
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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Bend Like Bamboo: Resilience and Tools for Teaching in an Unstable World
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In: South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL) (2021)
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