Bryan Koronkiewicz

Co-authored paper presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

This study used an acceptability judgment task (AJT) to examine how Spanish-English bilinguals with different acquisitional backgrounds judge inalienable possession constructions. All groups were most consistent in accepting the canonical (clitic + definite determiner) form, while also showing some acceptance and within-group variability for innovative forms; importantly, rating consistency did not differ by bilingual type, suggesting AJT data is equally reliable across groups. Although some bilingual background factors moderately correlated with acceptance of certain forms, no clear pattern explained the broader variability, highlighting both the complexity of bilingual grammar and the value of AJTs in capturing it.

Co-authored paper presented at the Conference of Spanish in the United States / Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages, San Antonio, Texas.

While late L2 bilinguals’ acquisition of these code-switching patterns are often linked to factors like exposure and proficiency, this study examined whether language dominance also influences judgments of code-switching acceptability, using an acceptability judgment task with 113 L1-English L2-Spanish speakers. The results revealed that while L2 proficiency predicted sensitivity to CS grammaticality, language dominance did not, suggesting that once late bilinguals reach sufficient proficiency, dominance plays little role in shaping their grammatical knowledge of code-switching.