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Silvina A. Montrul

Professor

Primary Affiliation

Illinois Language and Literacy Initiative

Affiliations

Status Affiliate Faculty

Home Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Phone 333-1780

Email montrul@illinois.edu

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  • Biography

    Silvina Montrul is a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She joined the University of Illinois in 1999 as an assistant professor of spanish. Her areas of expertise are linguistic and psycholinguistic approaches to second language acquisition and bilingualism, language attrition, heritage languages, and the acquisition of the Spanish and Portuguese. At the Beckman Institute she is affiliated with the Artificial Intelligence Research Group in the human computer intelligent interaction (HCII) research initiative.

    Education

    • Ph.D., linguistics, McGill University
  • Honors
    • 2013: University Scholar 
  • Research

    Research interests:

    • Second language acquisition

    • bilingualism

    • heritage language acquisition

    Grounded in linguistic theory and using psycholinguistic methodologies, my research explores the following theoretical issues: the role of the “other” language in the acquisition or loss of a language, the reasons why some L2 learners/bilinguals reach the level of proficiency and linguistic knowledge of native speakers while others fall short of that level even when optimal conditions for learning are provided, the linguistic selectivity of acquisition and loss, or why linguistic “success” or “failure” affects certain grammatical areas (vocabulary, sounds, meaning, verb endings, and discourse) but not others (sentence structure), and the differences and similarities between linguistic processes attested in second language acquisition and bilingualism and other developmental processes typical of historical language change and first language acquisition.

  • 2024

    • Relative clauses in child heritage speakers of Turkish in the United States Coskun Kunduz, A. and Montrul, S., Mar 11 2024, In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 14, 2, p. 218-254 37 p.
    • The Role of Language Experience in the Acquisition of Spanish Gender Agreement: A Study with Nonce Nouns Montrul, S., Mason, S. A. and Armstrong, A., Feb 2024, In: Languages. 9, 2, 45.

    2023

    • Does your regional variety help you acquire an additional language? Spanish differential object marking in Northern and Southern Italians Perpiñán, S. and Montrul, S., Nov 9 2023, In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 13, 5, p. 663-692 30 p.
    • Doing Romance Linguistics: A Multilingual Acquisition Perspective Montrul, S., 2023, In: Isogloss. 9, 2
    • Heritage language development: Dominant language transfer and the sociopolitical context Montrul, S., Apr 26 2023, Studies in Italian as a Heritage Language. De Gruyter, p. 5-32 28 p.
    • Input factors in the acquisition of evidentiality by Turkish heritage language children and adults in the United States Coskun Kunduz, A. and Montrul, S., Dec 5 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Language Acquisition.
    • Production, acceptability, and online comprehension of Spanish differential object marking by heritage speakers and L2 learners Regulez, B. A. and Montrul, S., 2023, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 14, 1106613.
    • Property-by-property transfer in L3 Italian Gallardo, M. and Montrul, S., 2023, L3 Development After the Initial State. Brown-Bousfield, M. M., Flynn, S. & Fernández-Berkes, É. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 236-271 36 p. (Studies in Bilingualism; vol. 65).

    2022

    • Consideraciones sobre algunos aspectos de la morfosintaxis del Español como lengua de herencia en adultos y Cabo, D. P. and Montrul, S., Jan 1 2022, Aproximaciones al estudio del español como lengua de herencia. Pascual y Cabo, D. and Torres, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 39-52 14 p. (Routledge Advances in Spanish Language Teaching).
    • Heritage language speakers inform the critical period hypothesis for first and second language acquisition Montrul, S., 2022, Generative SLA in the Age of Minimalism. Features, interfaces, and beyond. Selected proceedings of the 15th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference. Leal, T., Shimanskaya, E. & Isabelli, C. A. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 265-286 22 p. (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; vol. 67).
    • Introduction – heritage languages, heritage speakers, heritage linguistics Montrul, S. A. and Polinsky, M., Feb 2022, The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics. Montrul, S. & Polinsky, M. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 1-10 (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics).
    • Receptive methods in child bilingualism and second language acquisition Montrul, S., Morales-Reyes, A. and Regulez, B. A., Sep 15 2022, Research Methods for Understanding Child Second Language Development. Butler, Y. G. and Huang, B. H. (eds.). Routledge, p. 102-120 19 p.
    • Sources of variability in the acquisition of Differential Object Marking by Turkish heritage language children in the United States Coskun Kunduz, A. and Montrul, S., Aug 1 2022, In: Bilingualism. 25, 4, p. 603-616 14 p.
    • The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics Montrul, S. A. (ed.) and Polinsky, M. (ed.), Feb 2022, Cambridge University Press. 988 p. (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)

    2021

    • How Do Construction Frequency Effects Modulate L2 Priming? Hurtado, I. and Montrul, S. A., 2021, BUCLD 45: Proceedings of the 45th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Dione, D. and Vidal Covas, L-A. (eds.). Cascadilla Press, Vol. 1. p. 346-359
    • Language Experience Affects Comprehension of Spanish Passive Clauses: A Study of Heritage Speakers and Second Language Learners Sánchez Walker, N. and Montrul, S., Mar 2021, In: Languages. 6, 1, p. 1-41 41 p., 2.
    • Morphology in Spanish heritage language grammars Montrul, S., May 2021, The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Morphology. Fábregas, A., Acedo-Matellán, V., Armstrong, G., Cuervo, M. C. & Payet, I. P. (eds.). Routledge, p. 538-549 (Routledge Spanish Language Handbooks).
    • Priming dative clitics in spoken spanish as a second and heritage language Hurtado, I. and Montrul, S., Sep 2021, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 43, 4, p. 729-752 24 p.
    • Psycholinguistic Evidence for Incipient Language Change in Mexican Spanish: The Extension of Differential Object Marking Arechabaleta Regulez, B. and Montrul, S., Jul 2021, In: Languages. 6, 3, 131.

    2020

    • Assessing Rhotic Production by Bilingual Spanish Speakers Cummings Ruiz, L. D. and Montrul, S., Dec 2020, In: Languages. 5, 4, p. 1-20 20 p., 51.
    • Attrition, addition, and age Montrul, S., Apr 1 2020, In: Second Language Research. 36, 2, p. 213-217 5 p.
    • Comprehension of differential object marking by Hindi heritage speakers Bhatia, A. and Montrul, S., 2020, The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking. Mardale, A. and Montrul, S. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 261-281 21 p. (Trends in Language Acquisition Research; vol. 26).
    • Differential Object Marking and its acquisition in different languages and contexts Mardale, A. and Montrul, S., 2020, The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking. Mardale, A. and Montrul, S. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 1-20 20 p. (Trends in Language Acquisition Research; vol. 26).
    • Differential Object Marking in Romanian as a heritage language Montrul, S. and Bateman, N., 2020, The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking. Mardale, A. and Montrul, S. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 283-312 30 p. (Trends in Language Acquisition Research; vol. 26).
    • Examining the Effect of Structural Priming on Three Different Populations: Spanish Native Speakers, Spanish L2 Learners, and Spanish Heritage Speakers Hurtado, I. and Montrul, S. A., 2020, BUCLD 44: Proceedings of the 44th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Brown, M. M. and Kohut, A. (eds.). Cascadilla Press, Vol. 1. p. 196-209
    • How Learning Context Shapes Heritage and Second Language Acquisition Montrul, S., Feb 2020, The Handbook of Informal Language Learning. Dressman, M. and Sadler, R. W. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 57-74
    • Smaller vocabularies lead to morphological overregularization in heritage language grammars Montrul, S. A. and Mason, S. A., Jan 1 2020, In: Bilingualism. 23, 1, p. 35-36 2 p.
    • The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking Mardale, A. (ed.) and Montrul, S. A. (ed.), 2020, John Benjamins Publishing Company. 369 p. (Trends in Language Acquisition Research; vol. 26)
    • Variational Learning in Child L2 Acquisition? Comprehension of Verbal Agreement in Spanish and English Morales Reyes, A. and Montrul, S., Jul 2 2020, In: Language Learning and Development. 16, 3, p. 211-230 20 p.
    • Vulnerability and stability of Differential Object Marking in Romanian heritage speakers Montrul, S. and Bateman, N., 2020, In: Glossa: a journal of general linguistics. 5, 1, p. 119

    2019

    • An experimental investigation of differential object marking in Mexican Spanish Bautista-Maldonado, S. and Montrul, S. A., Feb 27 2019, In: Spanish in Context. 16, 1, p. 22-50 29 p.
    • Case marking in Hindi as the weaker language Montrul, S., Bhatia, A., Bhatt, R. and Puri, V., 2019, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 10, MAR, 461.
    • Heritage language development and the promise of Processability Theory Montrul, S., Jun 15 2019, Teachability and Learnability across Languages. Arntzen, R., Håkansson, G., Hjelde, A. and Keßler, J-U. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 237-259 (Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research and Teaching; vol. 6).
    • Morphology and Language Attrition Montrul, S. and Yoon, J., Sep 30 2019, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press
    • The acquisition of differential object marking in Spanish by Romanian speakers Montrul, S., 2019, In: Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada. 32, 1, p. 185-219 35 p.
    • THE SOCIAL CONTEXT CONTRIBUTES to the INCOMPLETE ACQUISITION of ASPECTS of HERITAGE LANGUAGES Montrul, S. A. and Silva-Corvalán, C., May 1 2019, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 41, 2, p. 269-273 5 p.

    2018

    • Learning a second language takes more than math Montrul, S. A., Nov 26 2018, In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 8, 6, p. 749-752 4 p.
    • Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics in Spanish as a Heritage Language Montrul, S. A., 2018, The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language . Potowski, K. (ed.). Routledge, (Routledge Spanish Language Handbooks).
    • Morphology, syntax, and semantics in Spanish as a heritage language Montrul, S., May 8 2018, The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language. Taylor and Francis, p. 145-163 19 p.
    • The Bottleneck Hypothesis extends to heritage language acquisition Montrul, S., 2018, Studies in Bilingualism. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Vol. 55. p. 149-177 29 p.

    2017

    • Aspectual Shifts: Grammatical and Pragmatic Knowledge in L2 Acquisition Slabakova, R. and Montrul, S., Jan 1 2017, The Role of Formal Features in Second Language Acquisition. Taylor and Francis, p. 455-483 29 p.
    • Developmental continuity in morphosyntactic attrition Montrul, S. A., 2017, In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 7, 6, p. 739-743 5 p.
    • Individual differences and retrieval interference in L2 Processing Montrul, S. A. and Tanner, D. S., Aug 1 2017, In: Bilingualism. 20, 4, p. 704-705 2 p.
    • Instructed heritage language acquisition Montrul, S. and Bowles, M., Feb 17 2017, The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition. Loewen, S. and Sato, M. (eds.). Routledge, p. 488-502 15 p. (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics).
    • Learning datives: The Tolerance Principle in monolingual and bilingual acquisition Yang, C. and Montrul, S., Jan 1 2017, In: Second Language Research. 33, 1, p. 119-144 26 p.
    • The acquisition of rhotics by child L2 and L3 learners Reyes, A. M., Arechabaleta-Regulez, B. and Montrul, S., Dec 4 2017, In: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation. 3, 2, p. 242-266

    2016

    • Age of onset of bilingualism effects and availability of input in first language attrition Montrul, S., Jun 20 2016, Bilingualism Across the Lifespan: Factors Moderating Language Proficiency. De Gruyter, p. 141-161 21 p.
    • Comprehension of subject and object relative clauses by second language learners of Spanish Sánchez-Walker, N. and Montrul, S. A., Dec 23 2016, Language Acquisition Beyond Parameters: Studies in honour of Juana M. Liceras. de la Fuente, A. A., Valenzuela, E. & Martínez Sanz, C. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 149-185 (Studies in Bilingualism; vol. 51).
    • Heritage Language Development: Connecting the dots Montrul, S. A., 2016, In: International Journal of Bilingualism. 22, 5, p. 530-546 17 p.
    • Losing your case? Dative experiencers in Mexican Spanish and heritage speakers in the United States Montrul, S. A., Jul 11 2016, Advances in Spanish as a Heritage Language. Pascual y Cabo, D. (ed.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 99-124 (Studies in Bilingualism; vol. 49).

    2015

    • Differential object marking in Spanish, Hindi, and Romanian as heritage languages Montrul, S., Bhatt, R. and Girju, R., Sep 1 2015, In: Language. 91, 3, p. 564-610 47 p.
    • Dominance and proficiency in early and late bilingualism Montrul, S., Dec 2015, Language Dominance in Bilinguals: Issues of Measurement and Operationalization. Silva-Corvalan, C. and Treffers-Daller, J. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 15-35
    • Interpretation of NPs in generic and existential contexts in L3 Brazilian Portuguese Ionin, T., Grolla, E., Santos, H. and Montrul, S., 2015, In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 5, 2, p. 215-251 37 p.
    • Language attrition and heritage language reversal Montrul, S. A., 2015, In: Journal of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences. 14, p. 1-28 28 p.
    • Subject expression in bilingual school-age children in the United States Montrul, S. A. and Sánchez-Walker, N., Jan 1 2015, Subject Pronoun Expression in Spanish: A Cross-Dialectal Perspective. Georgetown University Press, p. 231-247 17 p.
    • The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking in Spanish by Turkish speakers Montrul, S. A. and Gürel, A., 2015, The Acquisition of Spanish in Understudied Language Pairings. Judy, T. and Perpiñán, S. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 281-308 (Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics; vol. 3).
    • The Acquisition of Heritage Languages Montrul, S. A., Dec 2015, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 364 p.

    2014

    • Age of acquisition interactions in bilingual lexical access: A study of the weaker language of L2 learners and heritage speakers Montrul, S. and Foote, R., Jun 2014, In: International Journal of Bilingualism. 18, 3, p. 274-303 30 p.
    • Arabic Plurals and Root and Pattern Morphology in Palestinian and Egyptian Heritage Speakers Benmamoun, E., Albirini, A., Montrul, S. and Saadah, E., 2014, In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 4, 1, p. 89-123 35 p.
    • Early language experience facilitates the processing of gender agreement in Spanish heritage speakers Montrul, S., Davidson, J., De La Fuente, I. and Foote, R., Jan 2014, In: Bilingualism. 17, 1, p. 118-138 21 p.
    • Interlanguage, transfer and fossilization: Beyond second language acquisition Montrul, S. A., 2014, Interlanguage: Forty years later. Han, Z. and Tarone, E. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 75-104 (Language Learning and Language Teaching; vol. 39).
    • Structural changes in Spanish in the United States: Differential object marking in Spanish heritage speakers across generations Montrul, S., Nov 1 2014, In: Lingua. 151, PB, p. 177-196 20 p.
    • The on-line processing of binding principles in second language acquisition: Evidence from eye tracking Kim, E., Montrul, S. and Yoon, J., Jul 14 2014, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 89, 2, p. 1317-1374 58 p.
    • When articles have different meanings: Acquiring the expression of genericity in English and Brazilian Portuguese Ionin, T., Grolla, E., Montrul, S. and Santos, H., 2014, Crosslinguistic Studies on Noun Phrase Structure and Reference. Zribi-Hertz, A. and Hofherr, P. C. (eds.). Brill, p. 367-397 31 p. (Syntax and Semantics; vol. 39).

    2013

    • A bidirectional study on the acquisition of plural noun phrase interpretation in English and Spanish Ionin, T., Montrul, S. and Crivos, M., May 2013, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 34, 3, p. 483-518 36 p.
    • Bilingualism and the Heritage Language Speaker Montrul, S., 2013, The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Second Edition. 2nd ed. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 168-189 22 p.
    • Defining an "Ideal" Heritage Speaker: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges Benmamoun, E., Montrul, S. and Polinsky, M., Nov 20 2013, In: Theoretical Linguistics. 39, 3-4, p. 259-294 36 p.
    • Differential Object Marking in Child and Adult Spanish Heritage Speakers Montrul, S. and Sánchez-Walker, N., Apr 2013, In: Language Acquisition. 20, 2, p. 109-132 24 p.
    • El bilinguismo en el mundo hispanohablante Montrul, S., 2013, Malden: Wiley-Blackwell. 352 p.
    • First language retention and attrition in an adult Guatemalan adoptee Montrul, S. A., 2013, First Language Attrition. Schmid, M. S. and Köpke, B. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 91-126 (Benjamins Current Topics; vol. 48).
    • Heritage languages and their speakers: Opportunities and challenges for linguistics Benmamoun, E., Montrul, S. and Polinsky, M., Nov 20 2013, In: Theoretical Linguistics. 39, 3-4, p. 129-181 53 p.
    • Incomplete L1 acquisition Montrul, S., 2013, The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. Herschensohn, J. and Young-Scholten, M.
    • The role of experience in the acquisition and production of diminutives and gender in Spanish: Evidence from L2 learners and heritage speakers Montrul, S., de la Fuente, I., Davidson, J. and Foote, R., Jan 2013, In: Second Language Research. 29, 1, p. 87-118 32 p.

    2012

    • Dominant Language Transfer in Spanish Heritage Speakers and Second Language Learners in the Interpretation of Definite Articles Montrul, S. and Ionin, T., Mar 2012, In: Modern Language Journal. 96, 1, p. 70-94 25 p.
    • Erosion of case and agreement in Hindi heritage speakers Montrul, S., Bhatt, R. and Bhatia, A., Jan 1 2012, In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 2, 2, p. 141-176 36 p.
    • Heritage Language Acquisition Montrul, S., Jan 1 2012, The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition. Robinson, P. (ed.). Routledge, p. 283-286 4 p.
    • Is the heritage language like a second language? Montrul, S. A., Aug 8 2012, In: EUROSLA Yearbook. 12, p. 1-29
    • The grammatical competence of Spanish heritage speakers Montrul, S. A., 2012, Spanish as a Heritage Language in the US: State of the Science. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, Vol. 9781589019393. p. 101-120 20 p.
    • Theoretical Perspectives on the L2 Acquisition of Spanish Montrul, S., Mar 19 2012, The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., p. 747-764 18 p.

    2011

    • An experimental investigation of the expression of genericity in English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese Ionin, T., Montrul, S. and Santos, H., Apr 2011, In: Lingua. 121, 5, p. 963-985 23 p.
    • Clitics and object expression in the L3 acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese: Structural similarity matters for transfer Montrul, S., Dias, R. and Santos, H., Jan 2011, In: Second Language Research. 27, 1, p. 21-58 38 p.
    • First language retention and attrition in an adult Guatemalan adoptee Montrul, S., 2011, In: LIA Language, Interaction and Acquisition. 2, 2, p. 276-311 36 p.
    • Genericity distinctions and the interpretation of determiners in L2 acquisition Ionin, T., Montrul, S., Kim, J. H. and Philippov, V., Oct 2011, In: Language Acquisition. 18, 4, p. 242-280 39 p.
    • Interfaces and incomplete acquisition Montrul, S. A., Mar 2011, In: Lingua. 121, 4, p. 591-604 14 p.
    • Introduction: The linguistic competence of heritage speakers Montrul, S., Jun 2011, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 33, 2, p. 155-161 7 p.
    • Morphological errors in Spanish second language learners and heritage speakers Montrul, S., Jun 2011, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 33, 2, p. 163-192 30 p.
    • The Linguistic Competence of Heritage Speakers Montrul, S. A. (ed.), Jun 2011, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 33, 2
    • Transfer in L2 and L3 acquisition of generic interpretation Ionin, T., Montrul, S. A. and Santos, H., 2011, Proceedings of the 35th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville: Cascadilla Proceedings Project, p. 283-295 13 p.
    • Why not heritage speakers? A Response to Sorace Montrul, S. and Polinsky, M., 2011, In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. 1, 1, p. 58-62 5 p.

    2010

    • Current issues in heritage language acquisition Montrul, S., Mar 2010, In: Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. 30, p. 3-23 21 p.
    • Dominant language influence in acquisition and attrition of binding: Interpretation of the Korean reflexive caki Kim, J. H., Montrul, S. and Yoon, J., Jan 2010, In: Bilingualism. 13, 1, p. 73-84 12 p.
    • Dominant language transfer in adult second language learners and heritage speakers Montrul, S., Jul 2010, In: Second Language Research. 26, 3, p. 293-327 35 p.
    • How similar are adult second language learners and Spanish heritage speakers? Spanish clitics and word order Montrul, S., Jan 2010, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 31, 1, p. 167-207 41 p.
    • Romance Linguistics 2008: Interactions in Romance Arregi, K. (ed.), Fagyal, Z. (ed.), Montrul, S. (ed.) and Tremblay, A. (ed.), Sep 2010, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 266 p. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory; vol. 313)
    • The role of L1-transfer in the interpretation of articles with definite plurals in L2-English Ionin, T. and Montrul, S., Dec 2010, In: Language Learning. 60, 4, p. 877-925 49 p.
    • Transfer effects in the interpretation of definite articles by Spanish heritage speakers Montrul, S. and Ionin, T., Oct 2010, In: Bilingualism. 13, 4, p. 449-473 25 p.

    2009

    • Article use and generic reference: Parallels between L1- and L2-acquisition Ionin, T. and Montrul, S. A., 2009, Second Language Acquisition of Articles: Empirical findings and theoretical implications. García Mayo, M. D. P. and Hawkins, R. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 147-173 (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; vol. 49).
    • Back to basics: Differential Object Marking under incomplete acquisition in Spanish heritage speakers Montrul, S. and Bowles, M., Jul 2009, In: Bilingualism. 12, 3, p. 363-383 21 p.
    • Binding interpretations of anaphors in Korean Heritage speakers Kim, J. H., Montrul, S. and Yoon, J., 2009, In: Language Acquisition. 16, 1, p. 3-35 33 p.
    • Heritage Language Programs Montrul, S., Nov 5 2009, The Handbook of Language Teaching. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., p. 182-200 19 p.
    • Instructed L2 Acquisition of Differential Object Marking in Spanish Bowles, M. and Montrul, S., Jan 1 2009, Little Words: Their History, Phonology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Acquisition. Georgetown University Press, p. 199-210 12 p.
    • Knowledge of tense-aspect and mood in Spanish heritage speakers Montrul, S., Jun 2009, In: International Journal of Bilingualism. 13, 2, p. 239-269 31 p.
    • Putting parameters in their proper place Montrul, S. and Yoon, J., Apr 2009, In: Second Language Research. 25, 2, p. 291-311 21 p.
    • Reexamining the fundamental difference hypothesis: What can early bilinguals tell us? Montrul, S., Jun 2009, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 31, 2, p. 225-257 33 p.
    • Subject expression in the non-native acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese Montrul, S., Dias, R. and Thomé-Williams, A., Jun 23 2009, Minimalist Inquiries into Child and Adult Language Acquisition: Case Studies across Portuguese. De Gruyter, p. 301-325 25 p.

    2008

    • Form-meaning mappings in the aspectual domain: What about the L1? A response to Bruhn de Garavito and Valenzuela Montrul, S., 2008, In: Bilingualism. 11, 3, p. 337-339 3 p.
    • Gender agreement in adult second language learners and Spanish heritage speakers: The effects of age and context of acquisition Montrul, S., Foote, R. and Perpiñán, S., Sep 2008, In: Language Learning. 58, 3, p. 503-553 51 p.
    • Incomplete Acquisition in Bilingualism: Re-examining the Age Factor Montrul, S., 2008, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 312 p. (Studies in Bilingualism; vol. 39)
    • Negative Evidence in Instructed Heritage Language Acquisition: A Preliminary Study of Differential Object Marking Montrul, S. A. and Bowles, M. A., 2008, Selected Proceedings of the 2007 Second Language Research Forum. Bowles, M., Foote, R., Perpiñán, S. and Bhatt, R. (eds.). Cascadilla Press, p. 252-262
    • Second language acquisition welcomes the heritage language learner: Opportunities of a new field Montrul, S., Oct 2008, In: Second Language Research. 24, 4, p. 487-506 20 p.

    2007

    • Command of gender agreement in school-age Spanish-English Bilingual Children Montrul, S. and Potowski, K., Sep 2007, In: International Journal of Bilingualism. 11, 3, p. 301-328 28 p.
    • Interpreting mood distinctions in Spanish as a heritage language Montrul, S. A., 2007, Spanish in Contact: Policy, Social and Linguistic Inquiries. Potowski, K. and Cameron, R. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 23-40 (IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society; vol. 22).

    2006

    • Beyond the syntax of the Null Subject Parameter: A look at the discourse-pragmatic distribution of null and overt subjects by L2 learners of Spanish Montrul, S. A. and Rodríguez Louro, C., 2006, The Acquisition of Syntax in Romance Languages. Torrens, V. & Escobar, L. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 401-418 (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; vol. 41).
    • Incomplete acquisition as a feature of bilingual and L2 grammars Montrul, S., Apr 5 2006, Inquiries in Linguistic Development: In Honor of Lydia White. John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 335-359 25 p.
    • Incomplete acquisition in bilingualism as an instance of language change Montrul, S. A., 2006, L2 Acquisition and Creole Genesis: Dialogues. Lefebvre, C., White, L. and Jourdan, C. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 379-400 (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; vol. 42).
    • Inquiries in linguistic development: In honor of Lydia White Slabakova, R. (ed.), Montrul, S. (ed.) and Prévost, P. (ed.), Apr 5 2006, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 363 p.
    • Inquiries in linguistic development: Studies in honor of Lydia White Slabakova, R., Montrul, S. and Prévost, P., Apr 5 2006, Inquiries in Linguistic Development: In Honor of Lydia White. Slabakova, R., Montrul, S. and Prévost, P. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 1-13 13 p.
    • On the bilingual competence of Spanish heritage speakers: Syntax, lexical-semantics and processing Montrul, S., Mar 2006, In: International Journal of Bilingualism. 10, 1, p. 37-69 33 p.

    2005

    • On knowledge and development of unaccusativity in Spanish L2 acquisition Montrul, S., Oct 26 2005, In: Linguistics. 43, 6, p. 1153-1190 38 p.
    • Second language acquisition and first language loss in adult early bilinguals: Exploring some differences and similarities Montrul, S., 2005, In: Second Language Research. 21, 3, p. 199-249 51 p.

    2004

    • Convergent outcomes in L2 acquisition and L1 loss Montrul, S. A., 2004, First Language Attrition: Interdisciplinary perspectives on methodological issues. Schmid, M. S., Köpke, B., Keijzer, M. and Weilemar, L. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 259-280 (Studies in Bilingualism; vol. 28).
    • Psycholinguistic evidence for split intransitivity in Spanish second language acquisition Montrul, S., Apr 2004, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 25, 2, p. 239-267 29 p.
    • Subject and object expression in Spanish heritage speakers: A case of morphosyntactic convergence Montrul, S., Aug 2004, In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 7, 2, p. 125-142
    • The acquisition of Spanish: Morphosyntactic development in monolingual and bilingual L1 acquisition and adult L2 acquisition Montrul, S., Dec 2004, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 411 p. (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; vol. 37)

    2003

    • COMPETENCE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN NATIVE AND NEAR-NATIVE SPEAKERS: An Investigation of the Preterite-Imperfect Contrast in Spanish Montrul, S. and Slabakova, R., Sep 2003, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 25, 3, p. 351-398

    2002

    • Clitic placement in L2 French: Evidence from sentence matching Duffield, N., White, L., Bruhn De Garavito, J., Montrul, S. and Prévost, P., Nov 2002, In: Journal of Linguistics. 38, 3, p. 487-525 39 p.
    • Incomplete acquisition and attrition of Spanish tense/aspect distinctions in adult bilinguals Montrul, S., Apr 2002, In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 5, 01, p. 39-68
    • On viewpoint aspect interpretation and its L2 acquisition: A UG perspective Slabakova, R. and Montrul, S. A., 2002, The L2 Acquisition of Tense–Aspect Morphology. Salaberry, M. R. and Shirai, Y. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 363-396 (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; vol. 27).

    2001

    • AGENTIVE VERBS OF MANNER OF MOTION IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGES Montrul, S., Jun 1 2001, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 23, 2, p. 171-206
    • Causatives and transitivity in L2 English Montrul, S., Mar 2001, In: Language Learning. 51, 1, p. 51-106 56 p.
    • First-language-constrained variability in the second-language acquisition of argument-structure-changing morphology with causative verbs Montrul, S., Apr 2001, In: Second Language Research. 17, 2, p. 144-194 51 p.
    • INTRODUCTION Montrul, S., Jun 1 2001, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 23, 2, p. 145-151
    • INTRODUCTION Montrul, S., Jun 1 2001, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 23, 2, p. 145-151 7 p.

    2000

    • TRANSITIVITY ALTERNATIONS in L2 ACQUISITION Toward a Modular View of Transfer Montrul, S., Jun 1 2000, In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 22, 2, p. 229-273 45 p.

    1999

    • Activating AgrIOP in Second Language Acquisition Montrul, S. A., 1999, The Development of Second Language Grammars: A generative approach. Klein, E. C. & Martohardjono, G. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 81-108 (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; vol. 18).
    • Causative errors with unaccusative verbs in Spanish as a second language Montrul, S., 1999, In: Second Language Research. 15, 2, p. 191-219 29 p.
    • Psych verbs In Second Language Acquisition White, L., Brown, C., Bruhn De Garavito, J., Chen, D., Hirakawa, M. & Montrul, S. A., 1999, The Development of Second Language Grammars: A generative approach. Klein, E. C. and Martohardjono, G. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 171-196 (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; vol. 18).
    • The L2 acquisition of Spanish: Generative perspectives Montrul, S. and de Garavito, J. B., 1999, In: Second Language Research. 15, 2, p. 111-114 4 p.

    1998

    • The L2 acquisition of dative experiencer subjects Montrul, S. A., 1998, In: Second Language Research. 14, 1, p. 27-61 35 p.
    • Zero Morphology and the T/SM Restriction in the L2 Acquisition of Psych Verbs White, L., Montrul, S. A., Hirakawa, M., Chen, D., Bruhn De Garavito, J. and Brown, C., 1998, Morphology and its Interfaces in Second Language Knowledge. Beck, M-L. (ed.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 257-282 (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; vol. 19).

    1996

    • Clitic-doubled dative “subjects” in Spanish Montrul, S. A., 1996, Grammatical Theory and Romance Languages. Zagona, K. (ed.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 183-196 (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory; vol. 133).