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A Psycholinguistic Investigation of Agreement in Spanish and English Monolinguals and Bilinguals

The two broad goals of this dissertation are to investigate cross-linguistic and cross-dialectal differences in monolingual agreement production as a function of the richness of morphological paradigms, and to investigate how these differences may play out in bilinguals who vary in age of onset of bilingualism (early vs. late) and proficiency level (intermediate vs. advanced). Research questions ask: (1) Are there cross-linguistic differences in the production of subject-verb number agreement in English, Mexican Spanish and Dominican Spanish as evidenced by differing sensitivity to conceptual number? (2) Are there differences in the mechanics of agreement production in monolinguals and bilinguals? (3) Are there differences in how bilinguals produce agreement in each language? (4) Do age of acquisition and proficiency modulate how bilinguals produce agreement?

The two broad goals of this dissertation are to investigate cross-linguistic and cross-dialectal differences in monolingual agreement production as a function of the richness of morphological paradigms, and to investigate how these ...