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Montrul, Silvina; Foote, Rebecca; Perpinan, Silvia – Language Learning, 2008
This study investigates knowledge of gender agreement in Spanish L2 learners and heritage speakers, who differ in age and context/mode of acquisition. On some current theoretical accounts, persistent difficulty with grammatical gender in adult L2 acquisition is due to age. These accounts predict that heritage speakers should be more accurate on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Language Acquisition, Age