Análisis de la evolución de errores de concordancia en cuatro aprendientes italianos de ELE usando redes complejas

Pablo Ezequiel Marafioti

doi:10.17533/udea.lyl.n79a10

Authors

Pablo Ezequiel Marafioti National University of Córdoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n79a10

Keywords:

Spanish as a Foreign Language, error analysis, nominal agreement, complex networks, plural

Abstract

In the following observational case study, some influencing factors were identified in the production of plural
agreement in four Italian learners of Spanish as a foreign language (ELE). To do this, a longitudinal data corpus was created from a set of oral interviews and complex networks were built in which each word / node had a link with another if an erroneous concordance relationship was found between them. In addition, the temporal statistical effects were examined in networks with cumulative errors and some factors were found as statistically significant.

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Author Biography

Pablo Ezequiel Marafioti, National University of Córdoba

Degree in Letters (language guidance) from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). He completed a specialization in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at the University of Pavia (Italy). In addition, he has several postgraduate degrees in statistics. He worked as an ELE professor in Milan for more than ten years, both in the university and private sphere (Cervantes institute). He was also a DELE examiner. He is currently completed his doctorate at the National University of Córdoba (Argentina). In his thesis (at the review stage) he applies statistical and complex system methods to analyze plurality errors in four Italian ELE students.

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