Gender Acquisition in Spanish: Effects of Language and Age

Jessica Diebowski

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2021

Gender Acquisition in Spanish

Effects of Language and Age

Jessica Diebowski

Volume 61 in the series Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110703047

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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.

Second language and heritage language acquisition
Gammatical gender in Spanish
Effect of language external and internal factors

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Jessica Diebowski, Wuppertal University, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
List of figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XVII
List of tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XXI
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XXIII
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Grammatical gender in Spanish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3 Competing theories on the sources of variability in HLA and SLA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
4 The acquisition of gender by L1, 2L1 and L2 speakers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5 The empirical study Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6 Discussion, implications and conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Students and scholars of linguistics, Spanish and second language acquisition; professionals of Spanish as a second language
Pages
- Front matter: 24
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 50
- Tables: 80
Keywords: Second Language Acquisition; Heritage Language Acquisition; Grammatical Gender; Spanish; Native Language Influence; Age of Exposure

eBook

Published: April 6, 2021
ISBN: 9783110703047

Hardcover

Published: April 6, 2021
ISBN: 9783110702972