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On null arguments and phi-features in second language acquisition

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Author	Miyamoto, Yoichi Yamada, Kazumi
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	Saito, Mamoru. 2007. Notes on East Asian argument ellipsis. Language Research 43. 203–227 argues that argument ellipsis (AE) is available only in languages that lack phi-feature agreement. Accordingly, Japanese, but not English, permits AE. Under Saito’s theoretical framework, this paper compares experimental data from L1 Japanese learners of L2 English (J-EFL) and L1 English learners of L2 Japanese (E-JFL). Given that sloppy and quantificational reading arises from an ellipsis operation (Hankamer, Jorge & Sag, Ivan. 1976. Deep and surface anaphora. Linguistic Inquiry 7. 391–426, Takahashi, Daiko. 2008. Noun phrase ellipsis. In Miyagawa, Shigeru & Saito, Mamoru (eds.), The Oxford handbook of Japanese linguistics, 394–422. Oxford: Oxford University Press, among others), we hypothesize that J-EFL learners, but not E-JFL learners, allow the reading in point with null arguments: AE is available only in the grammar of J-EFL learners, forced by the lack of phi-features in their L2 English grammar, due to L1 transfer. The results from our main study adopting a truth value judgement task supported the hypothesis. Based on our finding, we suggest that correct L2 phi-feature specification can ultimately be obtained when no phi-features are present in L1 (Ishino, Nao. 2012. Feature transfer and feature learning in universal grammar: A comparative study of the syntactic mechanism for second language acquisition. Doctoral dissertation: Kwansei Gakuin University, Miyamoto, Yoichi. 2012. Dainigengo-ni okeru hikenzaiteki-na yōso-ni kansuru Ichikōsatsu [A study on null elements in second language acquisition]. Paper presented at the 84th ELSJ annual general meeting: Senshu University, 26 May).
Related Links	https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/journals/jjl/36/2/article-p179.pdf
Ending Page	223
Page Count	45
Starting Page	179
ISSN	01973150
e-ISSN	25121413
DOI	10.1515/jjl-2020-2024
Journal	Journal of Japanese Linguistics
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	36
Language	English
Publisher	Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publisher Date	2020-11-26
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal of Japanese Linguistics Language Studies Argument Ellipsis Sloppy Reading J-efl Learners E-jfl Learners Journal: Journal of Japanese Linguistics, Issue- 2
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	1200/1203 Education Linguistics and Language

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