Learners must develop the ability to vary language according to linguistic and situational
factors to produce context-appropriate utterances. Likewise, interpreting the additional …

This chapter provides a critical review of research on the second language (L2) acquisition
of the copula contrast in Spanish. It assesses what is known about how the L2 learner of …

Research on variation demonstrates that analyses of frequency and predictors of use
contribute to our understanding of languages. Investigations of subject expression in …

Second-language (L2) variation research, which seeks to describe and explain how
interlanguage varies according to linguistic and social factors and how this variation evolves …

This volume offers an introduction to the field of second language acquisition with a
particular focus on second language Spanish. It connects key issues in the acquisition of …

Abstract Differential Object Marking (DOM) is a phenomenon that is present in more than
300 languages (Bossong, 1989) and is the marking of the direct object depending on its …

THE ANALYSIS OF COPULA choice in adjectival constructions has been the center of many
investigations in Spanish, and they have focused on theoretical accounts (Clements 1988 …

This dissertation combines variationists and functional frameworks to examine the
development of modal expressions in L2 Spanish. Using concept-oriented analysis, I …

This chapter examines the acquisition and teaching of regionally and socially appropriate
vocabulary. We provide a panorama of the methodological advances in research …

In this dissertation, I explore the sociolinguistic perception of stylistic variation by native
Spanish speakers and second language learners of Spanish. Within the field of Hispanic …