An experimental investigation of narrow focus in heritage and monolingual Spanish (original) (raw)

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This research investigates the realization of narrow presentational focus in heritage and monolingual Spanish speakers through an experimental design. It examines the acceptability of various syntactic structures, applying mixed design ANOVA to analyze groups based on proficiency levels. Findings indicate that while all groups preferred stress shift structures, differences in acceptability ratings among structures show that monolinguals and heritage speakers do not significantly differ in their syntactic preferences.

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