The representation of gender in the mind of Spanish-English bilinguals: Insights from code-switched Adjectival Predicates

The representation of gender in the mind of Spanish-English bilinguals: Insights from code-switched Adjectival Predicates

This study examines bilinguals’ gender use strategies in code-switched agreement (i.e. the moon is bonita) and concord (i.e. la moon) structures. Thirty-five L1 Spanish-L2 English adult bilinguals and 43 L1 English-L2 Spanish adults with an intermediate (N=18) or advanced (N=25) level of proficiency...

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Main Authors: Rachel Klassen, Juana M. Liceras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2017-05-01
Series:Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
Subjects:
Spanish-English bilinguals
gender in code-switching
double-feature valuation mechanism
agreement
concord
directionality in feature checking
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/borealis/article/view/4100

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