RASAL Lingüística

Issue 2023 - Vol. 1
Artículos

(Non)genericity in Plural Nouns in Spanish Heritage speakers: What does translation reveal about the interlinguistic differences between Spanish and English?

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  • Rosalva Alamillo
Portada del número 2023 vol. 1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56683/rs231160

Published 2023-03-20

Keywords

  • linguistic interference,
  • definite article,
  • heritage speakers,
  • plurals,
  • genericity

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Alamillo, R. (2023). (Non)genericity in Plural Nouns in Spanish Heritage speakers: What does translation reveal about the interlinguistic differences between Spanish and English?. RASAL Lingüística, (1), 29–57. https://doi.org/10.56683/rs231160

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Abstract

En esta investigación se analizan los sustantivos plurales determinados y plurales escuetos en sintagmas nominales preverbales con el objetivo de examinar el grado y orientación de interferencia lingüística, si la hay, y, a su vez, entender cómo los hablantes de español como lengua de herencia (LH) manejan las diferencias interlingüísticas con respecto al rasgo de (no)genericidad. El artículo definido presenta diferencias interlingüísticas en lenguas románicas y germánicas cuando modifica sujetos plurales. En inglés, existen dos estructuras distintas para transmitir una lectura genérica (Plants are colorful) y una específica (The plants are colorful), mientras que en español una sola estructura lleva estas dos posibles interpretaciones (Las plantas son coloridas). Esto puede ocasionar interferencia negativa de una lengua a otra (Chierchia, 1998; Cuza et al., 2012; Gelman y Raman, 2003; Ionin et al., 2013; Longobardi, 1994; Montrul e Ionin, 2010, 2012; Snape et al., 2013). 162 hablantes de español como LH, quienes tomaban una clase para hispanohablantes de herencia a nivel universitario, completaron dos tareas de traducción para analizar la influencia del inglés en el español y viceversa. Se encontró interferencia del inglés hacia la LH en oraciones con lecturas genéricas en todos los grupos, mas se observó que dicha transferencia disminuye conforme incrementa la competencia lingüística en la LH. También se encontró interferencia del español al inglés, pero en menor grado.

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