Gender has been extensively studied in Spanish heritage speakers. However, lexical
frequency effects have yet to be explored in depth. This study aimed to uncover the extent to …

According to the Critical Period Hypothesis, successful language learning is optimal during
early childhood, whereas language learning outside of this time window is unsuccessful. In …

The author comments on a paper by Schmid and Köpke, which focuses on language attrition
and its role in language acquisition. Topics discussed include the effect of language attrition …

Research on bilingualism and second language acquisition has extensively investigated
how a bilingual's first language (L1) influences their second language (L2). While there is …

This paper deals with the use of anche (“also”) by German heritage speakers of Italian
(“IHSs”). Previous research showed that anche and its German counterpart auch share …

A large body of research has shown that a late bilingual's L1 and L2 phonetic categories
influence each other, yielding deviations from monolingual norms in the phonetics of both …

Purpose: The present study examined grammatical gender use in child Spanish heritage
speakers (HSs) in order to determine whether the differences observed in their grammar …

This paper deals with the use of anche (“also”) by German heritage speakers of Italian
(“IHSs”). Previous research showed that anche and its German counterpart auch share …

Research on language contact in the domains of phonetics and phonology is well
established in the literature (eg Coetsem 1988; Kupisch et al. 2017; Weinreich et al. 2011) …

This research project sought to explore the influence of English L2 on Spanish L1 in an
environment where the L1 (Spanish) is the dominant language. Participants were recruited …