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dc.identifier	ECF_article_6418
dc.title	Is it only about only? A Study on Focus Particle Placement Acceptability in L2 English Learners and English Monolinguals
dc.contributor.author	Vann Michaela Mae
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2022/56/is-it-only-about-only-a-study-on-focus-particle-pl/
dc.description.abstract	The placement of adverbs has been widely studied over the last few decades, both in first (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition. While traditional grammars teach that the preferred order in English is (S)ubject, (A)dverb, and (V)erb, adverbs which introduce focus receive less attention. Focus particles take scope over the constituents they precede, making their placement and interpretation in a sentence variable. In this study I investigate the acceptability of Focus particle (only, even, also) placement when used as adverbs in 96 participants: 48 Italian L2 English learners and 48 English monolinguals.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 56 \| Settembre 2022
dc.issued	2022-04-12
dc.dateAccepted	2021-11-10
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-08-04
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-1562
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2022/10/003
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Adverbs
dc.subject	Focus particles
dc.subject	Foreign Language Learning
dc.subject	Second Language Acquisition

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Is it only about only? A Study on Focus Particle Placement Acceptability in L2 English Learners and English Monolinguals

Michaela Mae Vann Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

The placement of adverbs has been widely studied over the last few decades, both in first (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition. While traditional grammars teach that the preferred order in English is (S)ubject, (A)dverb, and (V)erb, adverbs which introduce focus receive less attention. Focus particles take scope over the constituents they precede, making their placement and interpretation in a sentence variable. In this study I investigate the acceptability of Focus particle (only, even, also) placement when used as adverbs in 96 participants: 48 Italian L2 English learners and 48 English monolinguals.

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12 Aprile 2022

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10 Novembre 2021

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04 Agosto 2021

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Keywords: Adverbs • Focus particles • Second Language Acquisition • Foreign Language Learning

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