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The Production of Gender Agreement in Native and L2 Spanish: The Role of Morphophonological Form
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Foote, Rebecca – Second Language Research, 2015
In native speakers of gender-marking languages, mechanisms of gender production appear to be affected by the morphophonological cues to gender present in the noun phrase. This influence is manifested in higher levels of production accuracy when more transparent cues to gender are present in comparison to when they are not. The goal of the present…
Descriptors: Spanish, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages)
Age of Acquisition and Sensitivity to Gender in Spanish Word Recognition
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Foote, Rebecca – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2014
Speakers of gender-agreement languages use gender-marked elements of the noun phrase in spoken-word recognition: A congruent marking on a determiner or adjective facilitates the recognition of a subsequent noun, while an incongruent marking inhibits its recognition. However, while monolinguals and early language learners evidence this…
Descriptors: Language Research, Spanish, Nouns, Phrase Structure
The Role of Experience in the Acquisition and Production of Diminutives and Gender in Spanish: Evidence from L2 Learners and Heritage Speakers
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Montrul, Silvina; de la Fuente, Israel; Davidson, Justin; Foote, Rebecca – Second Language Research, 2013
This study examined whether type of early language experience provides advantages to heritage speakers over second language (L2) learners with morphology, and investigated knowledge of gender agreement and its interaction with diminutive formation. Diminutives are a hallmark of Child Directed Speech in early language development and a highly…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Learning Experience, Nouns, Spanish