Bilinguals speaking with other bilinguals engage in codeswitching (CS). CS is not a priori
predictable, yet bilinguals suffer no appreciable costs to communication. One hypothesis …

This study investigates the production and perception of a Catalan-specific vowel contrast by
a group of highly proficient, early-onset Catalan–Spanish bilinguals. Spanish has a mid …

Spanish–English bilinguals rarely code-switch in the perfect structure between the Spanish
auxiliary haber (“to have”) and the participle (eg,“Ella ha voted”;“She has voted”). However …

The present study examines the relationship between the two grammars of bilingual
speakers, the linguistic ecologies in which the L1 and L2 become active, and how these …

Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether bilinguals categorically displayed
shorter or longer schwa durations between fixed word pairs where one word contains a …

The present dissertation has two main goals: 1) to provide a descriptive, acoustic
characterization of the heritage Spanish vowel system and 2) to assess the extent to which …

Aims and objectives: This study examines the extent to which new speakers use the Basque
ergative case marking (–k) in the nominal inflection. I specifically ask whether frequency …

Although gender agreement is covered in the first lessons of gendered second languages
(L2), adult learners demonstrate a persistent difficulty acquiring this linguistic feature …

In this paper, we show how some proposals within the Minimalist Program are compatible
with a model of codeswitching that recognizes an asymmetry between the participating …