The Effect of Age of Onset of Bilingualism on Gender Agreement Processing in Spanish as a Heritage Language

Autor/in	Keating, Gregory D.
Titel	The Effect of Age of Onset of Bilingualism on Gender Agreement Processing in Spanish as a Heritage Language
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 72 (2022) 4, S.1170-1208 (39 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Keating, Gregory D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/lang.12510
Schlagwörter	Spanish; Grammar; Heritage Education; Linguistic Theory; Bilingualism; Age Differences; Prediction; Eye Movements; Reading Processes; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Nouns; Form Classes (Languages); Language Minorities; Psycholinguistics; Native Language; Infants; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spanisch; Grammatik; Linguistische Theorie; Bilingualismus; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Vorhersage; Augenbewegung; Leseprozess; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Analytischer Sprachbau; Sprachminderheit; Psycholinguistik; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Montrul's (2008) onset age hypothesis predicts that, if attrition occurs in early bilingualism, it will be more severe in simultaneous than in sequential bilinguals. This study tested that prediction in an eye-tracking experiment focused on the processing of Spanish gender agreement during sentence reading. Heritage Spanish speakers exposed to English at different ages (0-3, 4-6, 7-10 years) read sentences containing violations of noun-adjective gender agreement in 2 distance conditions (adjacent, nonadjacent). Mixed-effects modeling with reverse Helmert contrasts showed that heritage speakers displayed sensitivity to gender agreement violations in their minority language regardless of onset age and noun-adjective proximity. However, onset age of majority language acquisition determined how early sensitivity manifested itself in the time course of grammatical processing. Consistent with Montrul's hypothesis, sequential bilinguals showed sensitivity to violations earlier in their eye-movement record than did simultaneous bilinguals. The results suggest onset age can affect grammatical processing in bilinguals who otherwise acquire target like mental representations. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01