Gender Acquisition in Spanish by First and Second Language Acquirers
| Author | : Jacquelin Pardue Cain |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 158 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : Language acquisition |
| ISBN | : |
Gender Acquisition In Spanish By First And Second Language Acquirers
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Gender Acquisition in Spanish
| Author | : Jessica Diebowski |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 2021-04-15 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9783110702972 |
The comparative investigation of the acquisition of gender in Spanish by early and late bilinguals of different language combinations is highly debated and crucial as the phenomenon of gender involves grammatical features that differ in all three languages under investigation. Against this background, both early and late bilinguals face an arduous learning task which differs in complexity. Couched within a generative framework, the empirical study focuses on 257 participants with different levels of proficiency in Spanish ranging from low to advanced, and through a series of tests aims to discover which extra-linguistic and intra-linguistic factors act as triggers for non-native outcomes in adult heritage speakers and L2 learners. The observed morphological variability is argued not to stem from a representational (i.e. syntactic) deficit, but rather from a mapping problem in L2 learners and heritage speakers. Successful attainment in terms of gender is possible but dependent on the interplay between various extralinguistic and linguistic factors.
Gender Acquisition in Spanish
| Author | : Jessica Diebowski |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2021-04-06 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 3110703122 |
The comparative investigation of the acquisition of gender in Spanish by early and late bilinguals of different language combinations is highly debated and crucial as the phenomenon of gender involves grammatical features that differ in all three languages under investigation. Against this background, both early and late bilinguals face an arduous learning task which differs in complexity. Couched within a generative framework, the empirical study focuses on 257 participants with different levels of proficiency in Spanish ranging from low to advanced, and through a series of tests aims to discover which extra-linguistic and intra-linguistic factors act as triggers for non-native outcomes in adult heritage speakers and L2 learners. The observed morphological variability is argued not to stem from a representational (i.e. syntactic) deficit, but rather from a mapping problem in L2 learners and heritage speakers. Successful attainment in terms of gender is possible but dependent on the interplay between various extralinguistic and linguistic factors.
Enhanced Input and Enriched Context to Improve the Acquisition of the Spanish Grammatical Gender Assignment and Agreement
| Author | : Mireia Toda Cosi |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 446 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Research in Second Language Acquisition has diagnosed extensively how the acquisition of a language's grammatical gender system poses problems to learners of a second language while it is acquired effortlessly by native speakers. In addition, the main issue that has been addressed by the literature concerns assignment alone, thus not taking into consideration the full scope of the grammatical gender system. Research on types of learning has shown that it is possible to learn incidentally, namely without noticing, which allows for more efficiency time-wise. However, several factors modulate both the acquisition of a language's grammatical gender learning and types of learning, the main factor being proficiency.
The Acquisition of Spanish Morphosyntax
| Author | : Ana Teresa Pérez-Leroux |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9401002916 |
Recent developments in linguistic theory, as well as the growing body of evidence from languages other than English, provide new opportunities for deeper explorations into how language is represented in the mind of learners. This collection of new empirical studies on the acquisition of Spanish morphosyntax by leading researchers in the field of language acquisition, specifically contributes to the characterization of the L1 / L2 connection in acquisition. Using L1 and L2 Spanish data from children and adults, the authors seek to address the central questions that have occupied developmental psycholinguists in the final decades of the previous century and that will no doubt continue engaging them into the present one.
The Emergence of Nominal Expressions in Spanish-English Early Bilinguals
| Author | : Emma Ticio Quesada |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2018-12-15 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027263221 |
This monograph examines the first syntactic unit in child language by presenting a longitudinal multiple-case study that focuses on the inner structure of nominal expressions in bilingual or monolingual child Spanish. This compilation of case studies offers the first insight on some of the properties of nominal expressions in bilingual or monolingual child Spanish and test some of the current theoretical proposals to analyze the main syntactic properties and operations within the nominal phrase. The findings of the study suggest new directions to address some core questions about monolingual and bilingual language acquisition taking as a point of departure the notion of economy, prevalent in the most recent theoretical discussion. Given the combination of empirical and theoretical discussions, this monograph will be appealing to a broad range of researchers in syntax and language acquisition.
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition
| Author | : Stephen D. Krashen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Language and languages |
| ISBN | : |
The Acquisition of Spanish in Understudied Language Pairings
| Author | : Tiffany Judy |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2015-02-18 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027269084 |
By examining the acquisition of Spanish in combination with languages other than English (Arabic, Basque, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Farsi, French, German, Nahuatl, Quechua, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish), this volume advances novel data pertinent to the field’s understanding of acquisition of Spanish in the XXI century. Its crosslinguistic nature invites us to reconsider major theoretical questions such as the role of L1 transfer, linguistic typology, and onset of acquisition from a fresh perspective, and to question the validity of the traditional parameter (re)setting perspective taken in SLA. Additionally, this volume underscores the necessity of providing accurate descriptions of the language pairings investigated, emphasizing the interconnection between linguistic and SLA theory, and pushing us to a more atomic view of the system in which features and feature bundles mapped onto lexical items comprise the skeleton of language. This volume is of great relevance for researchers and students of SLA alike.
Current Trends in Child Second Language Acquisition
| Author | : Belma Haznedar |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027253072 |
This volume presents recent generative research on the nature of grammars of child second language (L2) acquirers -- a learner population whose exposure to an L2 occurs between the ages of 4 to 8. The main goal is to define child L2 acquisition in relation to other types of acquisition such as child monolingual and bilingual acquisition, adult L2 acquisition, and specific language impairment. This comparative perspective opens up new angles for the discussion of currently debated issues such as the role of Universal Grammar in constraining development, developmental sequences in L2, maturational influences on the 'growth' of grammar, critical period effects for different linguistic domains, initial state and ultimate attainment in relation to length of exposure, and L1-transfer in relation to age of onset. These issues are explored using longitudinal, cross-sectional, and experimental data from L2 children acquiring a range of languages, including Dutch, English, French, and Greek.
