• Older age of onset in child L2 acquisition can be facilitative: evidence from the acquisition of English passives by Spanish natives. 

      Rothman, Jason; Long, Drew; Iverson, Michael; Judy, Tiffany; Lingwall, Anne; Chakravarty, Tushar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-26)
      We report a longitudinal comprehension study of (long) passive constructions in two native-Spanish child groups differing by age of initial exposure to L2 English (young group: 3;0–4;0; older group: 6;0–7;0), where amount of input, L2 exposure environment, and socioeconomic status are controlled. Data from a forced-choice task show that both groups comprehend active sentences, not passives, initially ...