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Ionin, Tania; Montrul, Silvina; Crivos, Monica – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
This paper investigates how learners interpret definite plural noun phrases (e.g., "the tigers") and bare (article-less) plural noun phrases (e.g., "tigers") in their second language. Whereas Spanish allows definite plurals to have both generic and specific readings, English requires definite plurals to have specific, nongeneric readings. Generic…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Monolingualism
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Montrul, Silvina; Perpinan, Silvia – Heritage Language Journal, 2011
The acquisition of the aspectual difference between the preterit and imperfect in the past tense and the acquisition of the contrast between subjunctive and indicative mood are classic problem areas in second language (L2) acquisition of Spanish by English-speaking learners (Collentine, 1995, 1998, 2003; Salaberry, 1999; Slabakova & Montrul, 2002;…
Descriptors: Phonology, Form Classes (Languages), Morphology (Languages), Spanish