Gender Acquisition in Spanish - Effects of Language and Age (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	de Gruyter Mouton
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]
Release date:	April 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Jessica Diebowski
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-070297-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > General
LSN:	3-11-070297-5
Barcode:	9783110702972

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