Paradigmatic Uniformity: Evidence from Heritage Speakers of Spanish

Camacho, José

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“…There is, however, another more fine-grained way in which frequency has been implemented to analyze patterns of language maintenance and change/innovation among heritage bilinguals. This second "type" of frequency (henceforth lexical frequency), which has recently emerged as an area of interest in HL research (Zyzik, 2016(Zyzik, , 2019Giancaspro, 2020;Gonzalez, 2020;Camacho, 2022;Giancaspro et al, 2022;Perez-Cortes, 2022b; inter alia), addresses the question of how the rate of occurrence of certain forms or structures in the HL input/ output may affect their representation, processing, and use (Bybee, , 2007.…”

Section: Lexical Frequency and Its Role In Heritage Grammarsmentioning

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The Next Phase in Heritage Language Studies: Methodological Considerations and Advancements

2024

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Section: Lexical Frequency and Its Role In Heritage Grammarsmentioning

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2024

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“…There is, however, another more fine-grained way in which frequency has been implemented to analyze patterns of language maintenance and change/innovation among heritage bilinguals. This second “type” of frequency (henceforth lexical frequency ), which has recently emerged as an area of interest in HL research ( Zyzik, 2016 , 2019 ; Giancaspro, 2020 ; Gonzalez, 2020 ; Hur et al, 2020 ; Camacho, 2022 ; Giancaspro et al, 2022 ; Perez-Cortes, 2022b ; inter alia ), addresses the question of how the rate of occurrence of certain forms or structures in the HL input/output may affect their representation, processing, and use ( Bybee, 1985 , 2007 ).…”

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(In)frequently asked questions: On types of frequency and their role(s) in heritage language variability

Perez-Cortes

Giancaspro

2022

Front. Psychol.

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In recent years, researchers have become increasingly interested in exploring frequency as a source of variability in heritage speakers’ (HSs) knowledge of their heritage language (HL). While many of these studies acknowledge that frequency can affect the shape of HL grammars, there is still no clear consensus about (a) what “frequency” means in the context of HL acquisition and (b) how to operationalize its multiple subtypes. In this paper, we provide a critical overview of frequency effects in HL research and their relevance for understanding patterns of inter/intra-speaker variability. To do so, we outline how prior research has defined, measured, and tested frequency, and present—as well as evaluate—novel methodological approaches and innovations recently implemented in the study of frequency effects, including a new analysis of how self-reported lexical frequency reliably predicts HSs’ production of subjunctive mood in Spanish. Our aim is to highlight the immense potential of such work for addressing long-standing questions about HL grammars and to propose new lines of inquiry that will open up additional pathways for understanding HL variability.

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First things third? The extension of canonically third-person singular inflections to first-person singular subjects in adult heritage Spanish

Giancaspro,

Higdon

2024

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

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Previous research has found that heritage speakers of Spanish sometimes extend canonically third-person singular (3PS) verbal morphology to first-person singular (1PS) subjects, a pattern that has been reported with both children and adults across a variety of different verbal paradigms (e.g., preterite). However, despite clear evidence of 3PS extensions in heritage Spanish, no previous research has systematically investigated the factors that shape this common, yet still poorly understood morphological tendency. To test whether heritage speakers’ likelihood of extending 3PS forms is shaped by paradigmatic frequency, the present study investigated adult heritage speakers’ production and comprehension of person agreement in the present perfect paradigm, which is relatively low frequency in Latin American/US varieties of Spanish, and the preterite paradigm, which is relatively much more frequent. 30 adult heritage speakers of Latin American/US Spanish completed two oral production tasks and one listening comprehension task, all of which targeted their knowledge of 1PS and 3PS morphology in both the present perfect and preterite paradigms. Results of the production experiments revealed that heritage speakers were far more likely to extend 3PS morphology to 1PS subjects in the present perfect paradigm than in the preterite paradigm, an asymmetry that we attribute to the lower relative frequency of present perfect verb forms. In the comprehension task, participants performed similarly by extending 1PS readings to canonically 3PS inflections more often in the present perfect than in the preterite. Together, these novel results indicate that heritage speakers are more likely to extend 3PS inflections in the paradigms that they use less, a finding with key implications for our understanding of how language experience shapes the variable morphological systems that heritage speakers develop.

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Paradigmatic Uniformity: Evidence from Heritage Speakers of Spanish

Cited by 3 publications

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The Next Phase in Heritage Language Studies: Methodological Considerations and Advancements

The Next Phase in Heritage Language Studies: Methodological Considerations and Advancements

(In)frequently asked questions: On types of frequency and their role(s) in heritage language variability

First things third? The extension of canonically third-person singular inflections to first-person singular subjects in adult heritage Spanish

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