Our findings challenge the hypothesis that internal interfaces are acquired more easily than external interfaces (Sorace, 2005, 2011 Sorace and Filiaci, 2006 White, 2006). Seventy-six distinct verbs were tested under a combination of syntactic and pragmatic constraints. A judgment task examined 20 native monolingual and 20 longstanding L2 bilingual Spanish speakers' acceptance of SV and VS structures. This study explores syntactic, pragmatic, and lexical influences on adherence to SV and VS orders in native and fluent L2 speakers of Spanish. Parafita Couto, MarÃa C Mueller Gathercole, Virginia C Stadthagen-GonzÃ¡lez, Hans Interface strategies in monolingual and end-state L2 Spanish grammars are not that different. The Acquisition of Clitic Pronouns in the Spanish Interlanguage of Peruvian Quechua Speakers.Īnalysis of four adult Quechua speakers' acquisition of clitic pronouns in Spanish revealed that educational attainment and amount of contact with monolingual Spanish speakers were positively related to native-like norms of competence in the use of object pronouns in Spanish. Findings indicate that bilingual speakers may rely on short-term memory resources to support word retrieval in their native language more than monolingual speakers. There was a stronger effect of digit-span in the bilingual group than in the monolingual group, with high-span bilinguals outperforming low-span bilinguals on vocabulary measures. Analyses revealed comparable levels of performance on the vocabulary and the short-term memory measures in the monolingual and the bilingual groups across both experiments. In Experiment 2, monolingual adults were compared to sequential Englishâ€“ Spanish bilinguals, and were administered the same measures as in Experiment 1, as well as a measure of expressive English vocabulary. In Experiment 1, English-speaking monolingual adults and simultaneous Englishâ€“ Spanish bilingual adults were administered measures of receptive English vocabulary and of phonological short-term memory. The goals of this research were (1) to compare bilingual and monolingual adults on their native-language vocabulary performance, and (2) to examine the relationship between short-term memory skills and vocabulary performance in monolinguals and bilinguals. Previous studies have indicated that bilingualism may influence the efficiency of lexical access in adults. Kaushanskaya, Margarita Blumenfeld, Henrike K. The relationship between vocabulary and short-term memory measures in monolingual and bilingual speakers Each participant was randomly assigned to 1 of 3 practice conditions prior to the fast-mapping task: (a) intensiveâ€¦ Method: Participants were 30 English-speaking monolingual and 30 Spanish-English bilingual young adults. Purpose: This study examines the effects of the levels of speech practice on fast mapping in monolingual and bilingual speakers.

Kan, Pui Fong Sadagopan, Neeraja Janich, Lauren Andrade, Marixa Examines the usefulness and accessibility of online public access catalogs for monolingual Spanish readers, focusing on recordsâ€¦Įffects of Speech Practice on Fast Mapping in Monolingual and Bilingual Speakers

The Monolingual Cataloging Monolith: A Barrier to Library Access for Readers of Spanish.Īsserts that despite growing awareness of frontline public service concerns in accommodating Spanish speakers, little care is invested in the technical processing side of the library's responsibility to Spanish speakers. Monolingual English speakers and bilingual Spanish/English speakers tested in an English-speaking context performed better than monolingual Spanish speakers and bilingualâ€¦ Three experiments provide evidence that the conceptualization of moving objects and events is influenced by one's native language, consistent with linguistic relativity theory. English Speakers Attend More Strongly than Spanish Speakers to Manner of Motion when Classifying Novel Objects and EventsĮRIC Educational Resources Information Center

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