Full Description
Bringing together a comprehensive collection of newly-commissioned articles, this Handbook covers the most recent developments across a range of sub-fields relevant to the study of second language Spanish. * Provides a unique and much-needed collection of new research in this subject, compiled and written by experts in the field * Offers a critical account of the most current, ground-breaking developments across key fields, each of which has seen innovative empirical research in the past decade * Covers a broad range of issues including current theoretical approaches, alongside a variety of entries within such areas as the sound system, morphosyntax, individual and social factors, and instructed language learning * Presents a variety of methodological approaches spanning the active areas of research in language acquisition
Contents
List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Part I Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Second Language Spanish 9 1 Corpus-based Research in Second Language Spanish 11 Amaya Mendikoetxea 2 Functional Approaches to Second Language Spanish 30 Eve Zyzik 3 Generative Approaches to Spanish Second Language Acquisition 46 Jason Rothman and Diego Pascual y Cabo 4 Psycholinguistic Approaches to Second Language Spanish 64 Margaret Gillon Dowens and Manuel Carreiras 5 Variationist Approaches to Second Language Spanish 80 Aarnes Gudmestad 6 Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Second Language Spanish 96 Teresa Cadierno and Alberto Hijazo-Gasc'on Part II Phonology in Second Language Spanish 111 7 Voice Onset Time in Second Language Spanish 113 Mary L. Zampini 8 Speech Perception in Second Language Spanish 130 Polina Vasiliev and Paola Escudero 9 Segmental Phonology in Second Language Spanish 146 Manuel D'yaz-Campos 10 Suprasegmental Phenomena in Second Language Spanish 166 Nicholas Henriksen Part III Developing Grammars in Second Language Spanish 183 11 Object Pronouns in Second Language Spanish 185 Paul A. Malovrh 12 Grammatical Gender in Second Language Spanish 202 Irma Alarc'on 13 The Acquisition of the Copula Contrast in Second Language Spanish 219 Kimberly L. Geeslin 14 Tense and Aspect in Second Language Spanish 235 Llorenc, Comajoan Colom'e 15 Subject Pronouns in Second Language Spanish 253 Margaret Lubbers Quesada 16 Subjunctive in Second Language Spanish 270 Joseph Collentine 17 Word Order in Second Language Spanish 287 Crist'obal Lozano 18 Meaning in Second Language Spanish 311 Roumyana Slabakova 19 Language in Context 331 Rachel L. Shively Part IV Individual and Social Factors in Second Language Spanish 351 20 Ultimate Attainment in Spanish L2 Acquisition 353 Silvina Montrul 21 Affective Factors and Second Language Spanish 369 Dolly Jesusita Young 22 Study Abroad and Second Language Spanish 386 Barbara A. Lafford and Izabela Uscinski 23 Heritage Learners of Spanish 404 Kim Potowski 24 Comparing Second Language Learners to Other Populations 423 Ana Teresa P'erez-Leroux and Danielle Thomas Part V Acquisition in the Second Language Spanish Classroom 447 25 Acquisition of Grammar by Instructed Learners 449 Robert DeKeyser and Goretti Prieto Botana 26 Acquisition of Reading in Second Language Spanish 466 Cindy Brantmeier 27 Acquisition of Writing in Second Language Spanish 482 Marly Nas and Kees van Esch 28 Exploring Lexical Diversity in Second Language Spanish 498 Gabriela Castan eda-Jime'nez and Scott Jarvis 29 Teaching Pronunciation in Second Language Spanish 514 Gillian Lord and Maria I. Fionda 30 Instructor Characteristics and Classroom-Based SLA of Spanish 530 Laura Gurzynski-Weiss Index 547
