This study examines the relationship between grammaticised aspect (GA) and the information structure of events in discourse. The aim is to test the hypothesis about the influence of grammaticised aspect on event conceptualization processes. The data studied consist of narratives by speakers of Swedish (−GA) and speakers of Spanish (+GA). The segmentation, selection and perspectivation of events carried out by these groups were studied through audiovisual tests. Analyses of the narratives reveal cross-linguistic differences as to information structure: the speakers of Swedish prefer holistic event presentations and verbalize a high number of closed events, whereas the speakers of Spanish show a greater sensitivity towards the phasal structure of the events, manifested in a finer eventive resolution focusing on progressive aspect.
2015. Motion event categorisation in a nativised variety of South African English. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 18:5 ► pp. 588 ff.
2013. Does Grammatical Aspect Affect Motion Event Cognition? A Cross‐Linguistic Comparison of English and Swedish Speakers. Cognitive Science 37:2 ► pp. 286 ff.
Athanasopoulos, Panos & Emanuel Bylund
2020. Whorf in the Wild: Naturalistic Evidence from Human Interaction. Applied Linguistics 41:6 ► pp. 947 ff.
Colomé, Llorenç Comajoan
2013. Tense and Aspect in Second Language Spanish. In The Handbook of Spanish Second Language Acquisition, ► pp. 235 ff.
BYLUND, EMANUEL & SCOTT JARVIS
2011. L2 effects on L1 event conceptualization. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 14:1 ► pp. 47 ff.
BYLUND, EMANUEL
2009. Effects of age of L2 acquisition on L1 event conceptualization patterns*. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 12:03 ► pp. 305 ff.
Bylund, Emanuel
2009. Maturational Constraints and First Language Attrition. Language Learning 59:3 ► pp. 687 ff.
Bylund, Emanuel
2011. Segmentation and temporal structuring of events in early Spanish-Swedish bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingualism 15:1 ► pp. 56 ff.
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