
Phonological and Phonetic Aspects of the L2 Acquisition of French
... continued to realize stress inaccurately as a property of the word as opposed to the accentual phrase. L1 influence on L2 production occurs not only at the phonological but also phonetic level. For example, Menke and Face (2010) found that their L1 English-L2 Spanish speakers, while highly proficien ...
... continued to realize stress inaccurately as a property of the word as opposed to the accentual phrase. L1 influence on L2 production occurs not only at the phonological but also phonetic level. For example, Menke and Face (2010) found that their L1 English-L2 Spanish speakers, while highly proficien ...
Varieties of Spanish - Language Resource Center
... This, the final grammatical strategy to be considered here, is one of the most interesting and controversial areas of bilingualism, with some scholars taking the view that social factors, such as the intensity of intercultural contact, are the primary determinants of the degree of transfer between l ...
... This, the final grammatical strategy to be considered here, is one of the most interesting and controversial areas of bilingualism, with some scholars taking the view that social factors, such as the intensity of intercultural contact, are the primary determinants of the degree of transfer between l ...
Code Switching in a Spanish-English Bilingual Child
... 67%. Interestingly, this file was recorded while the child interacted with her father who was using Spanish. This result shows that the child chooses her language appropriately according to her interlocutor. In Figure 2 it can also be seen that the percentage of Spanish utterances is relatively high ...
... 67%. Interestingly, this file was recorded while the child interacted with her father who was using Spanish. This result shows that the child chooses her language appropriately according to her interlocutor. In Figure 2 it can also be seen that the percentage of Spanish utterances is relatively high ...
regulations for the degree of
... Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). Students will be exposed to a variety of texts from different media (written, audio and video) from the Spanish-speaking world. The selection of documents will also serve as a basis for discussion on social issues related to contemporary Spain and Spanis ...
... Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). Students will be exposed to a variety of texts from different media (written, audio and video) from the Spanish-speaking world. The selection of documents will also serve as a basis for discussion on social issues related to contemporary Spain and Spanis ...
acquisition of a second language vowel system: evidence from
... The Spanish vowel system is characterized by five phonemic vowels. Although there is variation among individual speakers and between dialects, vowels within the system generally do not vary to the extent that they would intrude on the perceptual space of another vowel. For English speakers learning ...
... The Spanish vowel system is characterized by five phonemic vowels. Although there is variation among individual speakers and between dialects, vowels within the system generally do not vary to the extent that they would intrude on the perceptual space of another vowel. For English speakers learning ...
Preverbal N-Words and Anti-Agreement Effects
... Even though the syntax of present day Basque Spanish has nothing to do with that of Medieval Spanish (cf. Camus 1988) and differs greatly from the syntax of Rumanian, the essence of the comparison still holds. That is, the co-occurrence of negative words in preverbal position with a negative head is ...
... Even though the syntax of present day Basque Spanish has nothing to do with that of Medieval Spanish (cf. Camus 1988) and differs greatly from the syntax of Rumanian, the essence of the comparison still holds. That is, the co-occurrence of negative words in preverbal position with a negative head is ...
Chaco Canyon Place Names
... the Hopi towns, Shongopovi was established in the 1200s and was thus in existence at the end of the Anasazi occupation. The best evidence linking the names Shongopovi and Hungo Pavi is on a map drawn in 1776 by Spanish cartographer Miera y Pacheco which shows the Hopi town as Jungo Bavi. The spellin ...
... the Hopi towns, Shongopovi was established in the 1200s and was thus in existence at the end of the Anasazi occupation. The best evidence linking the names Shongopovi and Hungo Pavi is on a map drawn in 1776 by Spanish cartographer Miera y Pacheco which shows the Hopi town as Jungo Bavi. The spellin ...
Usage of Imperfect and Imperfect Progressive Verb Forms in
... Various authors have commented on or investigated the use of the imperfect (hereafter IM) and imperfect progressive (hereafter IP) in varieties of U.S. Spanish. Since such varieties are in contact with English, the possibility of majority language influence on the use of these and other verbal forms ...
... Various authors have commented on or investigated the use of the imperfect (hereafter IM) and imperfect progressive (hereafter IP) in varieties of U.S. Spanish. Since such varieties are in contact with English, the possibility of majority language influence on the use of these and other verbal forms ...
Spanish: A Language of Indigenous Peoples of
... Spanish: A Language of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and Isabel, the “Catholic King and Queen,” who united the kingdoms of Castilla and Aragón declared Castilian, castellano, the official language of Spain, and Antonio de Nebrija published the first Grammar of the Spanish Language and advised ...
... Spanish: A Language of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and Isabel, the “Catholic King and Queen,” who united the kingdoms of Castilla and Aragón declared Castilian, castellano, the official language of Spain, and Antonio de Nebrija published the first Grammar of the Spanish Language and advised ...
exclusively reflexive verbs in spanish
... he acquisition of clitics in Spanish, especially those related to reflexive verb forms, has been widely studied in second and foreign language acquisition. Some examples are the experiments carried out by Brunh de Garavito (1999a, 1999b), Montrul (2004), Trembaly (2004), Pineda & Mesa (2006), Santor ...
... he acquisition of clitics in Spanish, especially those related to reflexive verb forms, has been widely studied in second and foreign language acquisition. Some examples are the experiments carried out by Brunh de Garavito (1999a, 1999b), Montrul (2004), Trembaly (2004), Pineda & Mesa (2006), Santor ...
The Sanitizing of U.S. Spanish in Academia
... guides on “correct” and “incorrect” language usage, whereas description represents a nonjudgmental, disinterested scientific approach to language study. In many linguistic circles, prescriptivism is anathema. For example, during a conference presentation of an earlier form of this article to a group ...
... guides on “correct” and “incorrect” language usage, whereas description represents a nonjudgmental, disinterested scientific approach to language study. In many linguistic circles, prescriptivism is anathema. For example, during a conference presentation of an earlier form of this article to a group ...
SPANISH SUBTEST I
... principles of a language's derivational morphology aids in understanding how roots and morphemes such as these can combine to form new words. 2. Correct Response: C. (SMR Code: 1.1) The genetic classification of languages assumes that certain languages are related because they have evolved from a co ...
... principles of a language's derivational morphology aids in understanding how roots and morphemes such as these can combine to form new words. 2. Correct Response: C. (SMR Code: 1.1) The genetic classification of languages assumes that certain languages are related because they have evolved from a co ...
Spanish Additions to the Cowboy Lexicon from 1850 to the Present
... unknown West led them to their new career. They learned the trade from the Mexican vaqueros and, as a result, came to use Spanish vocabulary for many of their surroundings, techniques, and tools. This paper will briefly discuss the Spanish terms found in cowboy English from the late 1800s to the pre ...
... unknown West led them to their new career. They learned the trade from the Mexican vaqueros and, as a result, came to use Spanish vocabulary for many of their surroundings, techniques, and tools. This paper will briefly discuss the Spanish terms found in cowboy English from the late 1800s to the pre ...
How the Aztecs were Conquered
... treated other conquered native tribes very poorly; many of those tribes were happy to help Cortes fight the Aztec. Fourth: DISEASE. Smallpox and measles, specially, decimated the Aztecs and other native tribes. Easily the biggest killer; the battles were secondary to the deaths inflicted with thes ...
... treated other conquered native tribes very poorly; many of those tribes were happy to help Cortes fight the Aztec. Fourth: DISEASE. Smallpox and measles, specially, decimated the Aztecs and other native tribes. Easily the biggest killer; the battles were secondary to the deaths inflicted with thes ...
The Spanish Language
... In the United States, Spanish is spoken by threequarters of its 41.3 million Hispanic population. The continuous arrival of new immigrants enables it to resist the assimilation experienced by the languages of most previous immigrants. It is also being learned and spoken by a small, though slowly gro ...
... In the United States, Spanish is spoken by threequarters of its 41.3 million Hispanic population. The continuous arrival of new immigrants enables it to resist the assimilation experienced by the languages of most previous immigrants. It is also being learned and spoken by a small, though slowly gro ...
annex - Bank of England
... Transactions and margin transfers in Spanish Debt Securities will be subject to the Spanish Public Debt Market regulations. These regulations contain rules and operative procedures which will prevail over the terms of the GMRA to the extent that they arise as a result of mandatory provisions dictate ...
... Transactions and margin transfers in Spanish Debt Securities will be subject to the Spanish Public Debt Market regulations. These regulations contain rules and operative procedures which will prevail over the terms of the GMRA to the extent that they arise as a result of mandatory provisions dictate ...
L1 Regression in Spanish
... The latter is the case with this study, which analyzes first generation Colombians who have been living in the US for several years and whose native language is in permanent contact with English. Hyltenstam and Viberg (1993) define regression as the period when a language ceases to be a regular mean ...
... The latter is the case with this study, which analyzes first generation Colombians who have been living in the US for several years and whose native language is in permanent contact with English. Hyltenstam and Viberg (1993) define regression as the period when a language ceases to be a regular mean ...
Morphological Study of Verb Anglicisms in Spanish - R
... even in cyberspace. With English being more lexically dominant in the lexicalization of computer concepts, Anglicisms English being more lexically dominant in the lexicalization of computer concepts, Anglicisms in Spanish often result when the in Spanish often result when the two languages are in co ...
... even in cyberspace. With English being more lexically dominant in the lexicalization of computer concepts, Anglicisms English being more lexically dominant in the lexicalization of computer concepts, Anglicisms in Spanish often result when the in Spanish often result when the two languages are in co ...
Building a Spanish Speller - DATSI
... in the free software environment and in the Spanish context. For many years we have been using the ispell built by Geoff Kuenning for English documents, but we didn’t have a Spanish tool to check Spanish documents. As a result, we studied the documentation enclosed to ispell and we saw that extensio ...
... in the free software environment and in the Spanish context. For many years we have been using the ispell built by Geoff Kuenning for English documents, but we didn’t have a Spanish tool to check Spanish documents. As a result, we studied the documentation enclosed to ispell and we saw that extensio ...
The Acquisition of Multiple Adjective Order in Second Language (L2
... speakers recognize the unacceptability of single preposed relational adjectives in Spanish, they do not favour scope based ordering in multiple adjective constructions. However, reaction time data from the same task indicates that L2 speakers tend to react more slowly to non-scope based ordering, su ...
... speakers recognize the unacceptability of single preposed relational adjectives in Spanish, they do not favour scope based ordering in multiple adjective constructions. However, reaction time data from the same task indicates that L2 speakers tend to react more slowly to non-scope based ordering, su ...
Display-6_Spanish Di..
... Paleozoic, and Mesozoic rocks are part of the Hartville Uplift, which is a geologic structure formed during the Laramide Orogeny more than 70 to 40 million years ago. Tools and weapons made from the Spanish Diggings’ orthoquartzite have been found across Wyoming, throughout the northwest Plains, and ...
... Paleozoic, and Mesozoic rocks are part of the Hartville Uplift, which is a geologic structure formed during the Laramide Orogeny more than 70 to 40 million years ago. Tools and weapons made from the Spanish Diggings’ orthoquartzite have been found across Wyoming, throughout the northwest Plains, and ...
So, yo no soy de ninguna parte: U.S. Latinos, Spanglish
... identity and language use have transmogrified in the United States. In the early 1980s, students of Hispanic/Latino origin living in New Jersey and attending Rutgers typically spoke Spanish at home, tended to (im)migrate from the Caribbean, and had generally learned English as a second language duri ...
... identity and language use have transmogrified in the United States. In the early 1980s, students of Hispanic/Latino origin living in New Jersey and attending Rutgers typically spoke Spanish at home, tended to (im)migrate from the Caribbean, and had generally learned English as a second language duri ...
Linguistic Development in L2 Spanish: Creation and analysis of a
... speech. A project website has been created and the material has been made freely ...
... speech. A project website has been created and the material has been made freely ...
Impersonal “se” (passive voice)
... "You shouldn't smoke in a hospital" "They say she is very pretty" "One never knows when he will turn up." ...
... "You shouldn't smoke in a hospital" "They say she is very pretty" "One never knows when he will turn up." ...
History of the Spanish language

The language known today as Spanish is derived from a dialect of spoken Latin that evolved in the north-central part of the Iberian Peninsula after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century. A written standard was developed in the cities of Toledo (13th to 16th centuries) and Madrid (from the 1560s). Over the past 1,000 years, the language expanded south to the Mediterranean Sea, and was later transferred to the Spanish colonial empire, most notably to the Americas. Today it is the official language of 21 countries and of numerous international organizations. It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations.