Bringing together a comprehensive collection of newly-commissioned articles, this Handbook covers the most recent developments across a range of sub-fields relevant to the study of second language Spanish. Provides a unique and much-needed collection of new research in this subject, compiled and written by experts in the field Offers a critical account of the most current, ground-breaking developments across key fields, each of which has seen innovative empirical research in the past decade Covers a broad range of issues including current theoretical approaches, alongside a variety of entries within such areas as the sound system, morphosyntax, individual and social factors, and instructed language learning Presents a variety of methodological approaches spanning the active areas of research in language acquisition

Bringing together a comprehensive collection of newly-commissioned articles, this Handbook covers the most recent developments across a range of sub-fields relevant to the study of second language Spanish.* Provides a unique and much-needed collection of new research in this subject, compiled and written by experts in the field* Offers a critical account of the most current, ground-breaking developments across key fields, each of which has seen innovative empirical research in the past decade* Covers a broad range of issues including current theoretical approaches, alongside a variety of entries within such areas as the sound system, morphosyntax, individual and social factors, and instructed language learning* Presents a variety of methodological approaches spanning the active areas of research in language acquisition

List of Figures viiList of Tables ixNotes on Contributors xiAcknowledgments xviiIntroduction 1Part I Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Second Language Spanish 91 Corpus-based Research in Second Language Spanish 11AMAYA MENDIKOETXEA2 Functional Approaches to Second Language Spanish 30EVE ZYZIK3 Generative Approaches to Spanish Second Language Acquisition 46JASON ROTHMAN AND DIEGO PASCUAL Y CABO4 Psycholinguistic Approaches to Second Language Spanish 64MARGARET GILLON DOWENS AND MANUEL CARREIRAS5 Variationist Approaches to Second Language Spanish 80AARNES GUDMESTAD6 Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Second Language Spanish 96TERESA CADIERNO AND ALBERTO HIJAZO-GASC6NPart II Phonology in Second Language Spanish 1117 Voice Onset Time in Second Language Spanish 113MARY L. ZAMPINI8 Speech Perception in Second Language Spanish 130POLINA VASILIEV AND PAOLA ESCUDERO9 Segmental Phonology in Second Language Spanish 146MANUEL DIAZ-CAMPOS10 Suprasegmental Phenomena in Second Language Spanish 166NICHOLAS HENRIKSENPart III Developing Grammars in Second Language Spanish 18311 Object Pronouns in Second Language Spanish 185PAUL A. MALOVRH12 Grammatical Gender in Second Language Spanish 202IRMA ALARC6N13 The Acquisition of the Copula Contrast in Second Language Spanish 219KIMBERLY L. GEESLIN14 Tense and Aspect in Second Language Spanish 235LLOREN? COMAJOAN COLOME15 Subject Pronouns in Second Language Spanish 253MARGARET LUBBERS QUESADA16 Subjunctive in Second Language Spanish 270JOSEPH COLLENTINE17 Word Order in Second Language Spanish 287CRIST6BAL LOZANO18 Meaning in Second Language Spanish 311ROUMYANA SLABAKOVA19 Language in Context 331RACHEL L. SHIVELYPart IV Individual and Social Factors in Second Language Spanish 35120 Ultimate Attainment in Spanish L2 Acquisition 353SIL VINA MONTRUL21 Affective Factors and Second Language Spanish 369DOLLY JESUSITA YOUNG22 Study Abroad and Second Language Spanish 386BARBARA A. LAFFORD AND IZABELA USCINSKI23 Heritage Learners of Spanish 404KIM POTOWSKI24 Comparing Second Language Learners to Other Populations 423ANA TERESA P£REZ-LEROUX AND DANIELLE THOMASPart V Acquisition in the Second Language Spanish Classroom 44725 Acquisition of Grammar by Instructed Learners 449ROBERT DEKEYSER AND GORETTI PRIETO BOTANA26 Acquisition of Reading in Second Language Spanish 466CINDY BRANTMEIER27 Acquisition of Writing in Second Language Spanish 482MARLY NAS AND KEES VAN ESCH28 Exploring Lexical Diversity in Second Language Spanish 498GABRIELA CASTANEDA-JIMENEZ AND SCOTT JARVIS29 Teaching Pronunciation in Second Language Spanish 514GILLIAN LORD AND MARIA I. FIONDA30 Instructor Characteristics and Classroom-Based SLA of Spanish 530LAURA GURZYNSKI-WEISSIndex 547