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Acquiring Intensifier Variation Abroad: Exploring "Muy" and "Bien" in Spain and Mexico
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Kanwit, Matthew; Elias, Vanessa; Clay, Rebecca – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
Research on nativelike variation in second language (L2) systems indicates that learners studying abroad may adapt to regional norms as they build sociolinguistic competence (e.g., Kanwit & Solon, 2013; Salgado-Robles, 2014). Spanish exhibits variation between the intensifiers "muy" [very] and "bien" [very] across numerous…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Unaccusativity and Word Order in Mexican Spanish: An Examination of Syntactic Interfaces and the Split Intransitivity Hierarchy
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Roggia, Aaron B. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Recent research in language contact has investigated bilingual deviations from monolingual norms where syntax interfaces with the lexical and discourse components of the grammar (e.g. Iverson & Rothman 2008; Lozano 2006; Montrul 2004, 2005; Sorace & Filiaci 2006; Tsimpli et al. 2004). Such studies generally show that the…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Semantics, Verbs, Syntax
Teaching Spanish to the Spanish Speaking: Theory and Practice.
Valdes Fallis, Guadalupe, Ed.; Garcia-Moya, Rudolfo, Ed. – 1976
This volume gathers a sampling of educators' ideas on the issue of the role of the non-standard dialect in the teaching of Spanish to Spanish speakers. Part one, "Rationale for the Teaching of Spanish to the Spanish Speaking," deals with philosophy and theory and contains papers by Guadalupe Valdes Fallis and Nasario Garcia. Part two,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Grammar