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What do we investigate?This study investigated how the attitudes and expectations of heritage languages (HL) courses differ between Spanish and Korean. Spanish and Korean are two of the biggest heritage languages (HLs) taught across American universities, but represent different trends of HL in the US.
The results showed that the two groups of HSs present different attitudes and expectations towards HL instruction. Spanish HSs value their HL classes as a way to prepare for professional success and expect to receive more explicit instruction in the classroom. On the other hand, Korean HSs favor cultural components and take HL courses as a tool for reconnection with their community and cultures. Click here to access the study |
What do we investigateGender has been extensively studied in Spanish heritage speakers. However, lexical frequency effects have yet to be explored in depth. This study aimed to uncover the extent to which lexical frequency affects the acquisition of gender assignment and gender agreement and to account for possible factors behind heritage language variability.
Heritage speakers performed more successfully with high-frequency lexical items in both the EPT and the FCT, which examined their acquisition of gender assignment and gender agreement, respectively. Noun canonicity also affected their performance in both tasks. However, heritage speakers presented differences between tasks—we found an overextension of the masculine as well as productive vocabulary knowledge effects in the EPT, whereas the FCT showed an overextension of the feminine and no productive vocabulary knowledge effects. Click here to access the study |
Publications
Lopez-Otero, J., Hur, E., Goldin, M. (2023) Syntactic optionality in Heritage Spanish: How patterns of exposure and use affect clitic climbing. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069231170691
Goldin, M., Lopez-Otero, J., Hur, E (2023) How frequent are these verbs? An exploration of lexical frequency in bilingual children’s acquisition of subject-verb agreement. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/isogloss.194
Sánchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., Jimenez, A., López-Otero, J., Austin, J. (2023) Input and the development of pragmatic knowledge in heritage bilingual children: Acceptance of null and overt subjects in Spanish and English, Heritage Language Journal. https://doi.org/10.1163/15507076-bja10012
Thane, P., Goldin, M., Jimenez, A., Hur, E., Lopez-Otero, J., Austin, J. (2022) Towards an evaluation of Bilingual Assessments: Theories and their implications, NABE Journal of Research and Practice. 10.1080/26390043.2022.2087479
Hur, E; Lopez-Otero, J; Lee, E. (2021) The Different Attitudes Towards Instruction Among Heritage Speakers of Spanish and Korean, Languages. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages6010014
Hur, E; Lopez-Otero, J; Sánchez, L (2021) Gender Agreement and Assignment in Spanish Heritage Speakers: Does Frequency Matter? Languages. 10.3390/languages5040048
Hur, E. (2020). Verbal lexical frequency and DOM in heritage speakers of Spanish. In S. Montrul and A. Mardale (eds.), The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking, 26, 207. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 10.1075/tilar.26.hur08
Goldin, M., Lopez-Otero, J., Hur, E (2023) How frequent are these verbs? An exploration of lexical frequency in bilingual children’s acquisition of subject-verb agreement. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/isogloss.194
Sánchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., Jimenez, A., López-Otero, J., Austin, J. (2023) Input and the development of pragmatic knowledge in heritage bilingual children: Acceptance of null and overt subjects in Spanish and English, Heritage Language Journal. https://doi.org/10.1163/15507076-bja10012
Thane, P., Goldin, M., Jimenez, A., Hur, E., Lopez-Otero, J., Austin, J. (2022) Towards an evaluation of Bilingual Assessments: Theories and their implications, NABE Journal of Research and Practice. 10.1080/26390043.2022.2087479
Hur, E; Lopez-Otero, J; Lee, E. (2021) The Different Attitudes Towards Instruction Among Heritage Speakers of Spanish and Korean, Languages. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages6010014
Hur, E; Lopez-Otero, J; Sánchez, L (2021) Gender Agreement and Assignment in Spanish Heritage Speakers: Does Frequency Matter? Languages. 10.3390/languages5040048
Hur, E. (2020). Verbal lexical frequency and DOM in heritage speakers of Spanish. In S. Montrul and A. Mardale (eds.), The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking, 26, 207. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 10.1075/tilar.26.hur08