The acquisition of intensifying constructions in L2 Dutch and L2 English by French-speaking learners: a collostructional analysis

Intensification can be expressed cross-linguistically by several morphological and syntactic constructions (among others, Kirschbaum 2002; Hoeksema 2011, 2012; Zeschel 2012; Rainer 2015). The language-specific preferences for particular types of intensification, and the competition between the learners’ L1 and L2 constructions (Ellis & Cadierno 2009), complicate the acquisition of intensifying constructions for second language learners. This study focuses on one specific case of such constructional competition, namely the expression of intensification in the interlanguage of French-speakin... Mehr ...