Intensifying constructions in French-speaking L2 learners of Dutch: a collostructional analysis

Intensification can be expressed cross-linguistically by several morphological and syntactic constructions (Rainer 2015). The diversity of constructions available to express a single function implies a form-function asymmetry, alongside marked language-specific preferences for particular types of intensification complicate the acquisition of intensifying constructions for second language learners. Our study is situated within the theoretical framework of usage-based Construction Grammar (cf. Tomasello 2003; Goldberg 2010 among others). Second language acquisition is presumed to be more complex... Mehr ...