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Acquisition of French L3 by Tamil native speakers: The case of voluntary motion

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Talmy (2000) proposes a linguistic typology based on the linguistic encoding of Space. He distinguishes Satellite-Framed Languages (SFL), like English, which tend to encode the direction of the motion (Path) in a verb satellite (particle) and manner of motion (M) in the root verb (e.g. run [M] across [P]) and verb-framed languages, (VFL) like French, which tend to express Path (P) in the root verb and Manner of motion (M) in extra-verbal elements (e.g. traverser [P] en courant [M]). Cross-linguistically, researchers have found a range of variations among languages of the same type, leading to the elaboration of a representation scale to propose a continuum for this typology (Hendriks & Hickmann 2015, among others). Our project aims to evaluate the impact of English L2 on the multilingual speakers’ conceptualization and formulation of dynamic space in French L3 (as defined by Hammarberg (2010), "a language acquired after the acquisition of a second language"). In our study, French is the last language being acquired after L2 prior languages such as English, Hindi as L3. Although Tamil is a VFL just like the TL, the acquisition of motion event in French may be influenced, if speakers’ representation of dynamic space is influenced by English, a SFL. While Tamil speakers massively express Path through verbs, learners show flexibility in the use of different encodings, indicating that L1 conceptualizations facilitate L3 acquisition, but that L2 influences development at certain points in the acquisition process.

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hal-04619438 , version 1 (25-06-2024)

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Annie-Claude Demagny, Pascale Trévisiol-Okamura. Acquisition of French L3 by Tamil native speakers: The case of voluntary motion. MOtion and COgnition: crossroads between languages, arts and neurosciences, Université Jean Jaurès - Toulouse, Jun 2024, Toulouse, France. ⟨hal-04619438⟩
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