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Proceedings of the 7th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2004) edited by Laurent Dekydtspotter, Rex A. Sprouse, and Audrey Liljestrand ISBN 1-57473-406-7 library binding v + 291 pages publication date: 2005 published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA Table of contents Abstract Mónica Cabrera and María Luisa Zubizarreta Are All L1 Grammatical Properties Simultaneously Transferred? Lexical Causatives in L2 Spanish and L2 English 13-26 (complete pdf) This study provides evidence in favor of the view that overgeneralization of causatives by L1 Spanish/L2 English and L1 English/L2 Spanish learners is driven by selective transfer at different levels of proficiency. The authors propose that not all aspects of the grammar are transferred at once; properties of the causative construction are transferred first, and verb-specific properties are transferred later. Pre-advanced learners overgeneralize L1 properties of the causative construction: they prefer verbs of change of state/location in lexical causatives. Advanced learners put to use L1 properties of specific verb classes: they restrict the overgeneralization of causatives to verb classes that are allowed in lexical causatives in their L1. This analysis provides a unified account of the overgeneralization of causatives. The authors discuss issues related to the L2 initial state and recoverability from overgeneralization and undergeneralization. |