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Proceedings of the 6th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2002): L2 Links edited by Juana M. Liceras, Helmut Zobl, and Helen Goodluck ISBN 1-57473-401-6 library binding vii + 360 pages publication date: 2003 published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA Table of contents Abstract Constanta Rodica Diaconescu and Helen Goodluck Structural and Discourse Factors in Romanian L2 English Learners' Interpretation of Pronouns 71-75 (complete pdf) We report two written questionnaire studies of the comprehension of pronouns by Romanian-speaking L2 learners of English. In the first study, intermediate and advanced learners show knowledge of a subtle Principle C effect, permitting coreference between a main clause object pronoun and the subject of a following adjunct clause, while blocking coreference between a subject pronoun and the subject of an adjunct clause. In the second study, L2 learners construe the pronoun subject of an adjunct clause as coreferential with a wh-phrase extracted from the main clause more frequently when the wh-phrase is d(iscourse)-linked than when it is not. The performance of the L2 learners is similar quantitatively as well as qualitatively to that found in studies of native speakers. |