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International Conference on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education

The conference considers all aspects of the linguistic and sociolinguistic competences and practices of bi-/multilingual speakers who cross existing social and linguistic boundaries, adopting or adapting themselves to new and overlapping linguistic spaces. Topics will include: (multiple) language acquisition and learning (L3, L4, Lx); psycho- and neurolinguistics of multilingualism; translanguaging; early bilingualism and heritage language[Leer más]
13/02/2017

Congreso liLETRAd 2017 «Tendiendo puentes de Oriente a Occidente»

A partir de nuestros amplios campos temáticos, que engloban la LITERATURA, la LENGUA y la TRADUCCIÓN, nuestra línea argumentativa, «TENDIENDO PUENTES DE ORIENTE A OCCIDENTE», se centrará en un flamante y social tema de plena actualidad: la existencia o construcción de muros, barreras, Brexit y adicionales delimitaciones, que más que unirnos pueden traer consigo una separación no solo de los afectos sino de los principios éticos y los derechos[Leer más]
10/02/2017

Aquisiçao das consoantes róticas no português brasileiro e no espanhol: um estudo comparativo

This Doctoral Dissertation describes the L1 acquisition of rhotic consonants in Portuguese and Spanish, in all syllable positions that may be occupied by these segments in both languages, that is, word-initial and wordmedial single onsets (strong-r), single and complex onsets and word-medial and final codas (weak-r). The data, which belong to the AQUIFONO and CHILDES databases, were produced by normally developed monolingual children, ranging[Leer más]
10/02/2017

The L2 acquisition of agreement: comparing the inter language of Dutch, English, French and Swedish-speaking learners of Spanish

Much of current generative research into non-native language (L2) acquisition of morphosyntax has focused on L 1 transfer and access to Universal Grammar. Subject-Verb agreement has figured more prominently than nominal agreement in this debate, but empirical findings remain inconclusive. For instance, Hawkins & Franceschina (2004) conclude that UG features (e.g. [GENDER]) not realised in the L 1 cannot be acquired, whereas White et al. ([Leer más]
10/02/2017

Sociocultural connections, language learning anxiety, and communities of practice: insights and perceptions of the adult online Spanish learner

This dissertation investigated the perceptions and experiences of online adult language learners in higher education. This was a qualitative study of thirteen women enrolled in online Spanish courses at two south-central Texas institutions of higher education. Three findings emerged. Given the participants’ awareness of the social nature of language and their collective appreciation that language must be practiced orally to be acquired, they[Leer más]
10/02/2017