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Chapter 9. The processing of Differential Object Marking by heritage speakers of Spanish

  • Begoña Arechabaleta Regulez
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The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking
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Abstract

This study examines the online processing of Differential Object Marking by heritage speakers of Spanish living in the U.S. Previous research has found that even heritage speakers with high proficiency in Spanish omit DOM with animate objects in oral production and find omitted DOM acceptable in judgment tasks. Therefore, this study investigated whether heritage speakers’ acceptability of DOM omission is reflected in their language processing. Twenty monolingual-raised native speakers and 20 heritage speakers participated in an eye-tracking reading experiment. Sentences varied in DOM marking (use vs. omission) and word order (SVO vs. VSO). Overall, reading time data indicated that heritage speakers behaved more similarly to monolingual-raised native speakers than predicted. The potential effects of language variation and language attrition are discussed.

Abstract

This study examines the online processing of Differential Object Marking by heritage speakers of Spanish living in the U.S. Previous research has found that even heritage speakers with high proficiency in Spanish omit DOM with animate objects in oral production and find omitted DOM acceptable in judgment tasks. Therefore, this study investigated whether heritage speakers’ acceptability of DOM omission is reflected in their language processing. Twenty monolingual-raised native speakers and 20 heritage speakers participated in an eye-tracking reading experiment. Sentences varied in DOM marking (use vs. omission) and word order (SVO vs. VSO). Overall, reading time data indicated that heritage speakers behaved more similarly to monolingual-raised native speakers than predicted. The potential effects of language variation and language attrition are discussed.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 1. Acquisition of symmetrical and asymmetrical Differential Object Marking in Estonian 21
  5. Chapter 2. Differential Object Marking in the speech of children learning Basque and Spanish 51
  6. Chapter 3. Differential Object Marking in simultaneous Hungarian-Romanian bilinguals 77
  7. Chapter 4. The acquisition of Differential Object Marking in Basque as a sociolinguistic variable 105
  8. Chapter 5. The distribution of Differential Object Marking in L1 and L2 River Plate Spanish 133
  9. Chapter 6. On the acceptability of the Spanish DOM among Romanian-Spanish bilinguals 161
  10. Chapter 7. Animacy hierarchy effects on L2 processing of Differential Object Marking 183
  11. Chapter 8. Verbal lexical frequency and DOM in heritage speakers of Spanish 207
  12. Chapter 9. The processing of Differential Object Marking by heritage speakers of Spanish 237
  13. Chapter 10. Comprehension of Differential Object Marking by Hindi heritage speakers 261
  14. Chapter 11. Differential Object Marking in Romanian as a heritage language 283
  15. Chapter 12. Over-sensitivity to the animacy constraint on DOM in low proficient Turkish heritage speakers 313
  16. Chapter 13. Acquisition of Differential Object Marking in Korean 343
  17. Index 367
https://doi.org/10.1075/tilar.26.09are

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 1. Acquisition of symmetrical and asymmetrical Differential Object Marking in Estonian 21
  5. Chapter 2. Differential Object Marking in the speech of children learning Basque and Spanish 51
  6. Chapter 3. Differential Object Marking in simultaneous Hungarian-Romanian bilinguals 77
  7. Chapter 4. The acquisition of Differential Object Marking in Basque as a sociolinguistic variable 105
  8. Chapter 5. The distribution of Differential Object Marking in L1 and L2 River Plate Spanish 133
  9. Chapter 6. On the acceptability of the Spanish DOM among Romanian-Spanish bilinguals 161
  10. Chapter 7. Animacy hierarchy effects on L2 processing of Differential Object Marking 183
  11. Chapter 8. Verbal lexical frequency and DOM in heritage speakers of Spanish 207
  12. Chapter 9. The processing of Differential Object Marking by heritage speakers of Spanish 237
  13. Chapter 10. Comprehension of Differential Object Marking by Hindi heritage speakers 261
  14. Chapter 11. Differential Object Marking in Romanian as a heritage language 283
  15. Chapter 12. Over-sensitivity to the animacy constraint on DOM in low proficient Turkish heritage speakers 313
  16. Chapter 13. Acquisition of Differential Object Marking in Korean 343
  17. Index 367
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