SPLLOC Conference Presentations & Publications

SPLLOC Reports

SPLLOC 1 Summary Report

SPLLOC 1 Final Report

SPLLOC Publications:

Arche, M. J. and Dominguez, L. “Morphology and syntax interaction in SLA : a study of clitic acquisition in Spanish.” To appear in Galani, A., Hicks, G. and Tsoulas, G (eds) Morphology and its Interfaces. John Benjamins.

Marsden, E. and David, A. “Vocabulary use during conversation: a cross-sectional study of development from year 9 to year 13 amongst learners of Spanish and French.” Language Learning Journal, 36, 2, 181-198. Link to article.

Mitchell, R., Dominguez, L., Arche, M. J., Myles, F. and Marsden, E. 2008. “SPLLOC: A new database for Spanish second language acquisition research.” EuroSLA Yearbook 8, 287-304.

Domínguez, L., and Arche, M.J. 2008. “Optionality in L2 Grammars: the Acquisition of SV/VS Contrast in Spanish.” In Proceedings of BUCLD 32, H. Chan, H. Jacob and E. Kapia (eds.), Somerville, MA : Cascadilla Press, 96-107.

Conference presentations:

Tracy-Ventura, N., Dominguez, L., Mitchell, R., Myles, F. and Arche, M. 2009. “L2 acquisition of the Spanish imperfect: Evidence from both comprehension and production.” Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF). East Lansing, MI, USA, November 2009.

Tracy-Ventura, N. 2009. “Analyzing L2 development using learner corpora: Introducing SPLLOC and FLLOC for Spanish and French SLA research.” Invited lecture at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, October 2009.

Dominguez, L., Tracy-Ventura, N., Mitchell, R., Myles, F., Arche, M. 2009.“Eliciting evidence on tense and aspect in L2 Spanish: A learner corpus approach.” Paper presented at the Hispanic Linguistic Symposium Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 2009.

Tracy-Ventura, N & Dominguez, L. 2009. “Task design in L2 tense and aspect research: What matters?” Paper presented at the Talk-Based Language Teaching Conference. Lancaster, UK, September 2009.

Tracy-Ventura, N., Dominguez, L., Mitchell, R., Myles, F., Arche, M. 2009. “Acquiring L2 Spanish preterit and imperfect: A cross-sectional study of the effects of lexical aspect and narrative structure.” Paper presented at the EUROSLA Conference. Cork, Ireland, September 2009.

Dominguez, L., Tracy-Ventura, N., Mitchell, R., Myles, F., Arche, M. 2009. “Designing a learner corpus to study L2 tense and aspect.” Paper presented at the EUROSLA Conference. Cork, Ireland, September 2009.

Arche, M. J. and Dominguez, L. 2008. “Knowledge of syntax and morphology in the acquisition of L2 Spanish clitics: a crossectional study.” Presented at the Romance Turn III: Workshop on the Acquisition of Romance Languages. Southampton, 18-20 September.

Marsden, E. and David, A. 2008 “Vocabulary use and inflectional diversity during L2 conversation in Spanish and French: a cross-sectional study of development.” Presented at EuroSLA 18, Aix-en-Provence, France, 11-13 September.

Mitchell, R. 2008. “Design principles for L2 oral corpora.” Presented at AILA World Congress, Essen (Germany).

Arche, M. J. and Dominguez, L. 2008. “Tracking morphology and syntax dissociation in SLA: evidence from L2 clitic acquisition in Spanish.” Presented at Barcelona Linguistics Institute, Barcelona (Spain).

Myles, F. 2008 “Building a comprehensive SLA theory: the Holy Grail?” Invited talk, BAAL/CUP seminar on Conceptualising learning in Applied Linguistics. Newcastle University, June 2008.

Myles, F. 2008 “Using CHILDES for SLA research.” Half day invited workshop, Free University, Brussels, March.

Marsden, E. and David, A. 2008 “Vocabulary use during conversation: a cross-sectional study of development from year 9 to undergraduate learners of Spanish and French.” Presented at SPLLOC Project Workshop, Southampton, 25 January.

Arche, M. J. and Dominguez, L. 2008. “Acquiring morphological features of clitics in L2 Spanish.” Presented at SPLLOC Project Workshop, Southampton, 25 January.

Dominguez, L. and Arche, M.J. 2008. “Optionality in L2 grammars: the acquisition of SV/VS contrast in Spanish.” Presented at SPLLOC Project Workshop, Southampton, 25 January.

Mitchell, R., Dominguez, L., Arche, M.J., Myles, F. and Marsden, E. 2008. “SPLLOC: A new corpus for Spanish second language acquisition research.” Presented at SPLLOC Project Workshop, Southampton, 25 January.

Domínguez, L. and Arche, M.J. 2007. “The L2 Acquisition of SV/VS contrast in Spanish.” Presented at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Texas, 1-4 November.

Domínguez, L. and Arche, M.J. 2007. “Optionality in L2 Grammars: the Acquisition of SV/VS Contrast in Spanish.” Presented at the Boston University 32 Annual Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 32), Boston, 2-4 November.

Domínguez, L., Arche, M.J., Mitchell, R, Marsden, E. and Myles, F. 2007. “Innovations in Spanish SLA research methodology: introducing the ‘Spanish Learner Language Oral Corpus.’” Presented at the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Texas, 1-4 November.

Mitchell, R., Dominguez, L., Arche, M.J., Myles, F. and Marsden, E. 2007 “Developing a CHILDES-based corpus of L2 oral Spanish.” Presented at Second Language Research Forum, Urbana-Champaign, 11-14 October.

Domínguez, L, Mitchell, R., Arche, M.J., Marsden, E. and Myles, F. 2007. “SPLLOC: A new corpus for Spanish second language acquisition research.y” Presented at EuroSLA 17. Newcastle, UK, 11-14 September.

Domínguez, L., Arche, M.J. 2007. “Deviant optional forms in L2 Spanish: the case of word order variation.” Poster presentation at GALA, Barcelona, 6-8 September.

Mitchell, R., Marsden, E., Domínguez, L., Arche, M. J. and Myles, F. 2007 “Creation and analysis of a Spanish language learner oral corpus (SPLLOC).” Poster presentation at BAAL LLT SIG Conference “Towards a Researched Pedagogy”, University of Lancaster, 2-3 July.