Paper presented at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Omaha, Nebraska. [PDF]
This study investigates whether late second language (L2) bilinguals can acquire code-switching (CS) structural constraints similar to those of early bilinguals, comparing L2 Spanish and L2 English speakers with heritage Spanish speakers. Participants rated the acceptability of subject-pronoun switches in code-switched sentences, with the preliminary results indicating significant influence of acquisition order on CS acceptability.
Bryan Koronkiewicz 