| Title: | On the Italian Molto and Tanto and the differences with the Slovenian Precej and Veliko : lecture at the 48. Incontro di Grammatica Generativa, IGG48, Dilef, University of Florence, 16. 2. 2023 |
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| Authors: | ID Mazzaggio, Greta (Author)
ID Stateva, Penka (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Unknown |
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| Typology: | 3.15 - Unpublished Conference Contribution |
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| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica
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| Abstract: | The present work is based on a previous study in which Stateva and Stepanov (2017) compare speakers’ comprehension of two Slovenian m(any)-words, veliko and precej. S&S argue for a degree analysis of the two quantifiers suggesting that they are semantically equivalent but subject to different mechanisms of pragmatic enrichment. We present the results of two experiments that use the S&S protocol in order to assess i) the comprehension of two Italian translational equivalents of these m-words, namely, molti and tanti, and ii) potential crosslinguistic influence in the context of Italian-Slovenian bilingualism. Our results suggest that Italian m-words have the same numerical bounds even in direct competition in contrast to their Slovenian counterparts. Italian L2 speakers of Slovenian fail to differentiate between the two m-words in Slovenian which suggests that this aspect of L2 acquisition is subject to negative transfer. |
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| Keywords: | amount quantifier, Italian, bilingualism, negative transfer, pragmatic enrichment |
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| Year of publishing: | 2023 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUNG-8076-a6da75e4-e5e1-fce9-3d0f-1ee8b5d7a052 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 146629379 |
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| UDC: | 81 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:5N5A4QO0 |
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| Publication date in RUNG: | 27.03.2023 |
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