Sentence Processing in Spanish as a Heritage Language: A Self-Paced Reading Study of Relative Clause Attachment

Autor/in	Jegerski, Jill
Titel	Sentence Processing in Spanish as a Heritage Language: A Self-Paced Reading Study of Relative Clause Attachment
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 68 (2018) 3, S.598-634 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
Schlagwörter	Heritage Education; Spanish; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Native Language Instruction; Metalinguistics; English (Second Language); Bilingualism; Phrase Structure; Preferences; Language Proficiency; Monolingualism; Language Processing; Independent Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spanisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Metalanguage; Metasprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Bilingualismus; Phrasenstruktur; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachverarbeitung; Selbststudium
Abstract	Heritage Spanish is often influenced by English, and previous research on late Spanish-English bilinguals suggests that their relative clause attachment preferences in Spanish are affected by English exposure. Nevertheless, recent work with heritage speakers has revealed that early (high-proficiency) Spanish-English bilinguals demonstrate a monolingual-like high-attachment preference in Spanish. Offline data from this self-paced reading study showed the same preference for bilinguals of intermediate proficiency in a meaning-oriented rather than a metalinguistic task. However, unlike in previous research, a group of late bilinguals also showed high-attachment preference, possibly because of insufficient exposure to English. Online data showed no effects for either bilingual group and a nonsignificant numerical trend toward high attachment for a monolingual group. Thus, even moderately proficient heritage speakers seem to be adept at managing interaction between two language systems, so it appears not to affect their interpretation of relative clauses. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01