• Adjective position in the code-switched speech of Spanish and Papiamento heritage speakers in the Netherlands: Individual differences and methodological considerations 

      van Osch, Brechje; Parafita Couto, M. Carmen; Boers, Ivo; Sterken, Bo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-02)
      Introduction: This study examines adjective-noun order in code-switched constructions by heritage speakers of Spanish and Papiamento in the Netherlands. Given that Dutch differs from Spanish and Papiamento regarding the default position of the adjective, word order in the nominal domain creates a so-called “conflict site” in code-switching. Most accounts of word order patterns in code-switching focus ...
    • Gender in Unilingual and Mixed Speech of Spanish Heritage Speakers in The Netherlands 

      Boers, Ivo; Sterken, Bo; van Osch, Brechje; Parafita Couto, M. Carmen; Grijzenhout, Janet; Tat, Deniz (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-04)
      This study examines heritage speakers of Spanish in The Netherlands regarding their production of gender in both their languages (Spanish and Dutch) as well as their gender assignment strategies in code-switched constructions. A director-matcher task was used to elicit unilingual and mixed speech from 21 participants (aged 8 to 52, mean = 17). The nominal domain consisting of a determiner, noun, ...