Double Object Constructions in Afro-Brazilian Portuguese : contact driven L2 learning and Maximize Minimal Means
Barros, Isis (Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia)
Calindro, Ana Regina (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

Data:	2023
Resum:	During the colonial period (16th - 19th centuries), Brazil was a multilingual country, home to Portuguese, Indigenous peoples, and Africans. Portuguese was learned as a second language by the Africans brought to Brazil by the slave trade, mainly under the influence of the Bantu languages the slaves spoke. From this language contact, an Afro-Brazilian Portuguese variety has emerged (ABP) which displays a ditransitive construction with an unmarked Goal dative, and V-Goal-Theme order, similar to Double Object Constructions (DOC) in English. We propose that the so-called DOC in ABP can be understood in terms of the Maximizing Minimal Means model (Biberauer 2018, 2019). In this model, Feature Economy and Feature/Input Generalization (Biberauer & Roberts 2017) constitute a major factor in L2 learning in contact scenarios. For the innovative ABP structure, the [+animate] and low applicative features of the Bantu substrate grammars are shown to have been key in the first generation's L2 acquisition of a marked Classical Portuguese V-Goal-Theme structure. The structure becomes established in subsequent L1 acquisition of ABP, with expansion beyond the original core structures.
Nota:	Acknowledgments. Ana Calindro's research has been supported by the CAPES-PRINT Program (Brazilian Federal Foundation for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education-International Scholarships and Projects, process number: 88887.569099/2020-00).
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Double Object Constructions ; Afro-Brazilian Portuguese ; Language contact ; L2 acquisition
Publicat a:	Isogloss, Vol. 9 Núm. 2 (2023) , p. 1-26 (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v9-n2-barros-calindro
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.202

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