The role of experience in the acquisition and production of diminutives and gender in Spanish: Evidence from L2 learners and heritage speakers

Second Language Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-118

  Montrul, Silvina ^a   de la Fuente, Israel ^b   Davidson, Justin ^a   Foote, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

diminutives; grammatical gender; heritage speakers; L2 learners; oral production; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873976374     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267658312458268     Document Type: Article

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