L’espressione della definitezza nell’italiano L2 di sinofoni

The paper deals with the acquisition of the expression of definiteness in L2 Italian by Chinese speakers. The expression of the value [+ definite] is examined in three types of narratives: Chinese narratives produced by Chinese native speakers, L2 Italian narratives by Chinese learners (collected through both a cross-sectional and a longitudinal design), Italian narratives by Italian native speakers. Notably, the use of demostratives is examined in details.