{"title":"Negative doubling in the Italo-Mexican community of Chipilo, Mexico","authors":"O. Tararova","doi":"10.1075/RESLA.29.2.08TAR","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/RESLA.29.2.08TAR","url":null,"abstract":"This study describes the phenomenon of negative doubling in Chipilo, Mexico. It has been hypothesized that Italo-Mexican bilinguals who speak Veneto (L1) and Spanish (L2) have transferred a second final no (no fui no ‘I did not go NEG’) from their L1 into Spanish, a language that does not allow a repetition of the same negator in the postverbal position. This study analysed the data of 49 participants (Chipilenos, mixed groups, and monolingual speakers) classified into two sex groups and four ethnicity groups, who performed a preference forced choice task and a repetition task. The results suggest a transfer effect from L1 to L2 in the bilinguals’ speech, specifically in the discourse of males. Second negative mention and verbs as previous constituents had a strong effect on elicitation of negation doubling.","PeriodicalId":54145,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Linguistica Aplicada","volume":"120 4","pages":"582-612"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72467774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Early null and overt subjects in the Spanish of simultaneous English-Spanish bilinguals and Crosslinguistic Influence","authors":"J. Villa-García, Imanol Suárez-Palma","doi":"10.1075/RESLA.29.2.01VIL","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/RESLA.29.2.01VIL","url":null,"abstract":"This study assesses the scope of the Crosslinguistic Influence (CLI) hypothesis’ predictions with regard to early bilingual acquisition. To this end, we analyze longitudinal corpus data from four bilinguals attesting the acquisition of subjecthood (null versus overt; preverbal versus postverbal) and the pragmatic adequacy of early null and overt subjects in a null-subject language (i.e., Spanish) in combination with a language differing in its pro-drop parameter setting (i.e., English). Our results indicate that CLI barely affects the development of subjects in the null-subject language at the initial stages, namely at the outset of null and overt subjects, and in turn support the Separate Development Hypothesis. Our bilingual cohort patterns with their Spanish-acquiring monolingual peer in that both groups display comparable proportions of null subjects as well as acquisitional trajectories of null and overt subjects at the early stages of acquisition. Much like monolinguals, bilinguals begin to produce preverbal and postverbal subjects concurrently. The bilingual children and the monolingual child of this study actually produce extremely high rates of pragmatically appropriate covert and overt subjects, which are for the most part target-like from the start, thus pointing to the absence of CLI effects. In light of monolingual and bilingual data, the paper also revisits the hotly debated issue of the ‘no overt subject’ stage of Grinstead (1998, et seq.), its existence in child Spanish being questionable.","PeriodicalId":54145,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Linguistica Aplicada","volume":"44 1","pages":"350-395"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72802185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aline Ferreira, A. Gottardo, Christine Javier, John W. Schwieter, F. Jia
{"title":"Reading comprehension: The role of acculturation, language dominance, and socioeconomic status in cross-linguistic relations","authors":"Aline Ferreira, A. Gottardo, Christine Javier, John W. Schwieter, F. Jia","doi":"10.1075/RESLA.29.2.09FER","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/RESLA.29.2.09FER","url":null,"abstract":"The role of first language (L1) skills in second language (L2) achievement is often investigated to assist learners in acquiring their L2. There are several factors that may influence potential relations among Spanish and English measures (e.g., age of L2 acquisition, social status, among others). This study investigates relations among L1 and L2 variables for language learners. Specifically, it focuses on relations among oral language (vocabulary), reading (word reading and reading comprehension) variables and sociocultural variables (language dominance, acculturation, socio-economic status) in Spanish-English bilinguals, all of whom were attending school in a large metropolitan, English-speaking region in Canada. Results showed that in both English and Spanish, reading and oral language variables were related. Reading comprehension was related to word reading and vocabulary in the given language. Additionally, reading comprehension in Spanish was related to dominance in that language and to affiliation with the heritage culture.","PeriodicalId":54145,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Linguistica Aplicada","volume":"39 1","pages":"613-639"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88658494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hacia una revisión del concepto de neologismo aplicado a los verbos denominales aparecidos en la prensa española","authors":"R. Lavale-Ortiz","doi":"10.1075/RESLA.29.1.07LAV","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/RESLA.29.1.07LAV","url":null,"abstract":"La formacion de verbos procedentes de sustantivos en espanol es una herramienta muy rentable y asi lo demuestran las nuevas unidades aparecidas en la prensa. El analisis de los verbos denominales neologicos, recogidos de dos corpus, nos ha conducido a repensar el concepto de neologismo y a considerarlo, bajo la perspectiva de la Linguistica Cognitiva, como una categoria definida por un conjunto de criterios cuyo cumplimiento permite establecer un grupo de lexemas mas prototipico y un continuo de elementos que se acercan o se alejan de ese centro. Asimismo, se estudian estas unidades neologicas desde tres puntos de vista: morfologico, con la finalidad de demostrar que los afijos empleados en su formacion son los que se reconocen como mas productivos; semantico, para mostrar la rentabilidad de las clasificaciones semanticas de estas unidades; y pragmatico, en aras de dilucidar algunas cuestiones sobre su tematica y procedencia.","PeriodicalId":54145,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Linguistica Aplicada","volume":"57 1","pages":"165-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72451302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The acquisition of the semantic values of the Spanish present tense in L2 and heritage Spanish","authors":"Alejandro Cuza, Julio César López Otero","doi":"10.1075/RESLA.29.2.04CUZ","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/RESLA.29.2.04CUZ","url":null,"abstract":"We examine the acquisition of the semantic values of the Spanish present tense among second language learners and Spanish heritage speakers, an area so far underexplored. We predict bilingualism effects evidenced in lower patterns of use, acceptance and preference of the simple present with an ongoing meaning, as well as preference for the progressive in ongoing and habitual contexts. Furthermore, we expect the heritage speakers to outperform the L2 learners, and to behave closer to native speakers. In contrast to our expectations, we found overextension of the simple present to ongoing situations and to contexts where the present progressive is preferred. The heritage speakers behaved closer to the native speakers, suggesting age-related effects in language development. We argue for morphosemantic convergence towards the less aspectually restrictive configuration.","PeriodicalId":54145,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Linguistica Aplicada","volume":"69 1","pages":"462-486"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79881036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lengua y contenido significativo para motivar al aprendiente de lengua extranjera","authors":"Pablo M. Oliva Parera, M. Delgado","doi":"10.1075/RESLA.29.1.11OLI","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/RESLA.29.1.11OLI","url":null,"abstract":"La presente investigacion surge por una necesidad de indole curricular en una clase de espanol como lengua extranjera de una universidad estadounidense. Se propone conocer la relacion entre la metodologia de instruccion de lenguas basadas en contenidos o CBI “Content-Based Instruction” y las repercusiones de esta en la motivacion. El grupo objeto de estudio tomo una clase CBI cuyo diseno consistia en temas abordados por los estudiantes en sus carreras de maestria en politica internacional, medio ambiente y negocios en una universidad en Estados Unidos. El grupo de control tomo una clase que siguio un formato tradicional de ensenanza con un libro de texto. El resultado de la experiencia por un lado, mostro mayor motivacion en los aprendientes en el grupo experimental que en el grupo de control y por otro, evidencio la relacion intima existente entre la actitud positiva hacia el aprendizaje de la L2 con los contenidos afines al itinerario de carreras de maestria de los estudiantes. El aporte de la investigacion trajo aparejado cambios a nivel curricular en las clases CBI en los niveles intermedio bajo y medio respectivamente (ACTFL, 2012)","PeriodicalId":54145,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Linguistica Aplicada","volume":"23 1 1","pages":"270-295"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83078775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prosumidoras de traducciones: Aproximación al fenómeno de la traducción fan de novela romántica","authors":"María Jóse León Guerrero","doi":"10.1075/RESLA.29.1.04HER","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/RESLA.29.1.04HER","url":null,"abstract":"Este trabajo analiza una de las manifestaciones de la traduccion fan hasta ahora inexplorada: las traducciones de novelas romanticas hechas por aficionadas para aficionadas, un fenomeno virtual protagonizado por mujeres, en el que traductoras amateurs actuan como prosumidoras al producir, consumir y distribuir sus propias traducciones. Se trata de comunidades virtuales sin fines lucrativos, que intercambian informacion sobre novelas y autoras que les interesan y, que de manera voluntaria, emprenden proyectos de traduccion que posteriormente ponen a disposicion de otras usuarias. En este trabajo nos hemos centrado en el analisis y la descripcion de este fenomeno. Nuestra finalidad es averiguar que tipo de producto ofrecen las traductoras amateurs al resto de seguidoras basandonos en un estudio de caso.","PeriodicalId":54145,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Linguistica Aplicada","volume":"34 1","pages":"88-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82811895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparing anaphora resolution in early and late Brazilian Portuguese-European Portuguese bidialectal bilinguals","authors":"Tammer Castro, J. Rothman, Marit Westergaard","doi":"10.1075/RESLA.29.2.03CAS","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/RESLA.29.2.03CAS","url":null,"abstract":"The present study examines anaphora resolution in two groups of speakers exposed to Brazilian and European Portuguese (BP and EP, respectively), considering the different null subject distribution in these languages. Our research question is whether late BP-EP bilinguals (age of EP onset: 29.1) and heritage BP speakers raised in Portugal (age of EP onset 5.6), tested in both dialects, will pattern like the native controls or display some effects of EP in their native BP or vice-versa. This is an interesting question in light of the Interface Hypothesis, which claims that external interfaces should be subject to general bilingualism effects irrespective of language pairing and age (Sorace, 2011). The results show that age has an effect, as the heritage speakers do not perform like the late learners, and that the high degree of typological proximity between the two languages could hinder bidialectal acquisition.","PeriodicalId":54145,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Linguistica Aplicada","volume":"161 1","pages":"429-461"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80203254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acquisitional patterns of Spanish anticausative se: The end of the road","authors":"Inmaculada Gómez Soler","doi":"10.1075/RESLA.28.2.01GOM","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/RESLA.28.2.01GOM","url":null,"abstract":"The acquisition of the Spanish morpheme se has proved to be problematic for L2 learners both because of its polyfunctionality and because of the restrictions regarding the types of predicates with which it can combine. This paper sheds light on this problem by focusing on a specific type of se (anticausative se; e.g., El jarron se rompio ‘The vase broke’) and exploring its acquisition across four proficiency levels. Results of a scalar grammaticality judgment task indicate that lower-proficiency participants’ performance is in line with previous research, which claims that this aspect of Spanish grammar is particularly challenging for L2 learners (as reflected in omission and overgeneralization errors). However, the near-native group shows sensitivity to the abstract features that uniquely characterize verbs that undergo the causative/inchoative alternation. Thus, the current findings suggest that L2 learners manage to overcome the problems experienced at lower levels and, in fact, do succeed at the level of ultimate attainment.","PeriodicalId":54145,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Linguistica Aplicada","volume":"97 1","pages":"349-381"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86236759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The case of the conditional and the imperfect in variable mood-choice contexts in second-language and native-speaker Spanish","authors":"Aarnes Gudmestad","doi":"10.1075/RESLA.28.1.06GUD","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/RESLA.28.1.06GUD","url":null,"abstract":"The current study builds on research on mood distinction in Spanish, which has focused on the subjunctive mood, by examining the full inventory of verb forms that second-language learners and native speakers (NSs) of Spanish use in mood-choice contexts. Twenty NSs and 130 learners corresponding to five proficiency levels completed three oral-elicitation tasks. The results show that participants use a wide repertoire of tense/mood/aspect forms in mood-choice contexts and that NSs and learners use largely the same forms. An analysis of the conditional and imperfect suggests that learners tend to restructure and strengthen their form-function connections between these verb forms and a range of functions.","PeriodicalId":54145,"journal":{"name":"Revista Espanola De Linguistica Aplicada","volume":"56 1","pages":"118-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77876700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}