Abril Jiménez
Biographic Data
| ID | 3844907 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abril Jiménez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abril |
| FAMILY NAME | Jiménez |
| SIGNATURE | JIMÉNEZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Davidson College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5498-7651 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The role of order of acquisition, proficiency, and exposure in the L3 acquisition of Portuguese numeric approximators
This study examines the acquisition of numeric approximators (APs) (e.g. ao redor de ‘around’, aproximadamente ‘approximately’) in third language (L3) Brazilian Portuguese (BP). APs are lexical items that make expressions containing numeric values vague by adding fuzziness or imprecision to their semantic boundaries. In BP and many other languages, APs have been shown to be native speakers’ preferred forms to discuss quantities that are uncertain…
Persistent L1 transfer and limited restructuring: Animacy in L2 Spanish overt subject pronouns among Brazilian Portuguese-speaking learners
This study investigates the acquisition of subject pronoun distribution in Spanish by Brazilian Portuguese-speaking L2 learners. Specifically, we examine whether L2 learners can successfully reassemble the animacy feature to restrict overt pronouns to animate referents, as required by Spanish grammar. Participants completed elicited production and acceptability tasks in both languages, and their Spanish proficiency was measured using a productive…
L2 Spanish clitics among Brazilian Portuguese-speaking learners: The predictive role of lexical knowledge
We examined the acquisition of third-person accusative clitics (e.g., lo, la, los, las) in L2 Spanish among Brazilian Portuguese (BP) speakers. In BP, the animacy of the referent is the main feature constraining accusative pronoun use while, in Spanish, animacy does not affect clitic realization. We tested Lardiere’s (2008; 2009) Feature Reassembly Hypothesis (FRH), Schwartz & Sprouse’s (1996) Full Transfer/Full Access hypothesis (FT/FA), and the…
Inflected infinitives in SLA: A study of L1-Brazilian Portuguese–L2-Spanish speakers
This article discusses inflected infinitives in adult first language (L1) Brazilian speakers whose second language (L2) is Spanish. We focus on adjunct clauses headed with para in cases involving same and different subjects in the matrix and the embedded clause. These languages differ in that Brazilian Portuguese, but not Spanish, allows for inflected infinitives, and we provide evidence that these bilinguals are using innovative forms, i.e. infl…
Acoustic Correlates of Subtypes of Irony in Chilean Spanish
Utterances containing verbal irony display prosodic particularities that distinguish them from non-ironic speech. While some prosodic features of irony have been identified in Spanish, previous studies have not accounted for different subtypes, nor have they examined this phenomenon in Chilean Spanish despite the unique intonation patterns in this dialect. This study examined the acoustic and prosodic correlates of five subtypes of irony (jocular…
Dominance, Language Experience, and Increased Interaction Effects on the Development of Pragmatic Knowledge in Heritage Bilingual Children: Acceptance of Null and Overt Subjects in Spanish and English
We investigate whether dominance, language experience, and increased interaction have an effect on the development of heritage bilingual children’s knowledge of the discourse-pragmatic constraints guiding null and overt subjects. A group of child heritage bilinguals ( n = 18, mean age = 5;5) and comparison groups of adults: Mexican Spanish monolinguals ( n = 15), heritage bilinguals in the United States ( n = 16), and English monolinguals in the …
Productive Vocabulary Knowledge Predicts Acquisition of Spanish DOM in Brazilian Portuguese-Speaking Learners
Differential object marking (DOM) in Spanish refers to the overt morphological marking of certain direct objects. Specifically, this a-marking of direct objects is driven by animacy and usually precedes human objects. Other features such as specificity and definiteness matter to a lesser extent. This direct object a-marking has also been attested in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), but with more restrictions than in Spanish. Thus, BP is typically not c…
The Effects of L2 Spanish Proficiency and Length of Exposure Abroad in the Expression of Imprecise Quantities
In Spanish, imprecise quantities are typically expressed through approximators (APs) (e.g., casi $60 'almost', como $30 'like', and 90 y pico '-ish'). APs make semantic boundaries fuzzy, but they provide instructions for utterance interpretation by establishing upper limits (e.g., casi), lower limits (e.g., y pico), or no specific limits (e.g., como). While APs occur frequently in naturally occurring language, they are rarely included in second l…
Productive Vocabulary Knowledge Predicts Acquisition of Spanish DOM in Brazilian Portuguese-Speaking Learners
Differential object marking (DOM) in Spanish refers to the overt morphological marking of certain direct objects. Specifically, this a-marking of direct objects is driven by animacy and usually precedes human objects. Other features such as specificity and definiteness matter to a lesser extent. This direct object a-marking has also been attested in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), but with more restrictions than in Spanish. Thus, BP is typically not c…
The Effects of L2 Spanish Proficiency and Length of Exposure Abroad in the Expression of Imprecise Quantities
In Spanish, imprecise quantities are typically expressed through approximators (APs) (e.g., casi $60 'almost', como $30 'like', and 90 y pico '-ish'). APs make semantic boundaries fuzzy, but they provide instructions for utterance interpretation by establishing upper limits (e.g., casi), lower limits (e.g., y pico), or no specific limits (e.g., como). While APs occur frequently in naturally occurring language, they are rarely included in second l…
Productive Vocabulary Knowledge Predicts Acquisition of Spanish DOM in Brazilian Portuguese-Speaking Learners
Differential object marking (DOM) in Spanish refers to the overt morphological marking of certain direct objects. Specifically, this a-marking of direct objects is driven by animacy and usually precedes human objects. Other features such as specificity and definiteness matter to a lesser extent. This direct object a-marking has also been attested in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), but with more restrictions than in Spanish. Thus, BP is typically not c…
The Effects of L2 Spanish Proficiency and Length of Exposure Abroad in the Expression of Imprecise Quantities
In Spanish, imprecise quantities are typically expressed through approximators (APs) (e.g., casi $60 'almost', como $30 'like', and 90 y pico '-ish'). APs make semantic boundaries fuzzy, but they provide instructions for utterance interpretation by establishing upper limits (e.g., casi), lower limits (e.g., y pico), or no specific limits (e.g., como). While APs occur frequently in naturally occurring language, they are rarely included in second l…
Dominance, Language Experience, and Increased Interaction Effects on the Development of Pragmatic Knowledge in Heritage Bilingual Children: Acceptance of Null and Overt Subjects in Spanish and English
We investigate whether dominance, language experience, and increased interaction have an effect on the development of heritage bilingual children’s knowledge of the discourse-pragmatic constraints guiding null and overt subjects. A group of child heritage bilinguals ( n = 18, mean age = 5;5) and comparison groups of adults: Mexican Spanish monolinguals ( n = 15), heritage bilinguals in the United States ( n = 16), and English monolinguals in the …
L2 Spanish clitics among Brazilian Portuguese-speaking learners: The predictive role of lexical knowledge
We examined the acquisition of third-person accusative clitics (e.g., lo, la, los, las) in L2 Spanish among Brazilian Portuguese (BP) speakers. In BP, the animacy of the referent is the main feature constraining accusative pronoun use while, in Spanish, animacy does not affect clitic realization. We tested Lardiere’s (2008; 2009) Feature Reassembly Hypothesis (FRH), Schwartz & Sprouse’s (1996) Full Transfer/Full Access hypothesis (FT/FA), and the…
Inflected infinitives in SLA: A study of L1-Brazilian Portuguese–L2-Spanish speakers
This article discusses inflected infinitives in adult first language (L1) Brazilian speakers whose second language (L2) is Spanish. We focus on adjunct clauses headed with para in cases involving same and different subjects in the matrix and the embedded clause. These languages differ in that Brazilian Portuguese, but not Spanish, allows for inflected infinitives, and we provide evidence that these bilinguals are using innovative forms, i.e. infl…
Acoustic Correlates of Subtypes of Irony in Chilean Spanish
Utterances containing verbal irony display prosodic particularities that distinguish them from non-ironic speech. While some prosodic features of irony have been identified in Spanish, previous studies have not accounted for different subtypes, nor have they examined this phenomenon in Chilean Spanish despite the unique intonation patterns in this dialect. This study examined the acoustic and prosodic correlates of five subtypes of irony (jocular…
The role of order of acquisition, proficiency, and exposure in the L3 acquisition of Portuguese numeric approximators
This study examines the acquisition of numeric approximators (APs) (e.g. ao redor de ‘around’, aproximadamente ‘approximately’) in third language (L3) Brazilian Portuguese (BP). APs are lexical items that make expressions containing numeric values vague by adding fuzziness or imprecision to their semantic boundaries. In BP and many other languages, APs have been shown to be native speakers’ preferred forms to discuss quantities that are uncertain…
Persistent L1 transfer and limited restructuring: Animacy in L2 Spanish overt subject pronouns among Brazilian Portuguese-speaking learners
This study investigates the acquisition of subject pronoun distribution in Spanish by Brazilian Portuguese-speaking L2 learners. Specifically, we examine whether L2 learners can successfully reassemble the animacy feature to restrict overt pronouns to animate referents, as required by Spanish grammar. Participants completed elicited production and acceptability tasks in both languages, and their Spanish proficiency was measured using a productive…
Linguistics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Brazilian Portuguese (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Portuguese (3 works) · Second Language Acquisition and Learning (3 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 works) · Animacy (2 works)