On the role of experience and age-related effects
Evidence from the Spanish CP
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11655830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alejandro Cuza (0000-0003-0922-9728, Purdue University, USA, corresponding author), Joshua Frank (University of Texas at Austin, USA) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-28 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Second language Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0267658314532939 |
| OpenAlex | W2327067607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 76 |
The present study examines and compares the extent to which advanced L2 learners of Spanish and Spanish heritage speakers acquire the syntactic and semantic properties that regulate the grammatical representation of double complementizer questions in Spanish, a CP-related structure not present in English. Results from an aural sentence completion task, an acceptability judgment task, and a preference task indicate significant differences between the two experimental groups and the monolingual controls. However, the heritage speakers outperformed the L2 learners in their target use and interpretation, which suggests a linguistic benefit for earlier exposure and use of Spanish during childhood. We propose that the differences observed among the L2 learners and the heritage speakers can be accounted for in terms of cross-linguistic influence from the dominant language as well as language experience and age of onset of bilingualism as an interrelated dimension in L2 and heritage language development
Agreement · Complementizer · Developmental psychology · Heritage language · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Preference · Sentence · Sentence completion tests · Syntax · Task (project management · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
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The production and comprehension of Spanish se use in L2 and heritage Spanish
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Phrasal verb production in child heritage speakers of English residing in Mexico
When covert modality sneaks into your grammar
Variable Future-Time Expression in Spanish
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Infinitive vs. Gerund Use and Interpretation in Heritage Spanish
The Acquisition of Copula Alternation Ser/Estar and Adjective in L1 Russian, Spanish Heritage Speakers
The Effect of Silence and Distance
A Comparison of the Grammatical Production of Child Heritage Speakers of Spanish across Language and Grade
The status of interrogative subject-verb inversion in Spanish-English bilingual children
Language Contact and Change
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Questions and Answers in Embedded Contexts
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Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar
Incomplete Acquisition in Bilingualism
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The Evolving Context of the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis
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Crosslinguistic influence at the syntax proper
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Psycholinguistic Approaches to Language Processing in Heritage Speakers
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Maturational Constraints on Language Development
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Frequency Effects in Language Processing
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The emergentist program
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,9 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |