Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in Spanish

Autores
Martinez Bruera, Mercedes; Weingärtner, Daniel; Listanti, Andrea; Gattei, Carolina Andrea; Alvarez, Carlos J.; Barber, Horacio; Rinke, Esther; Lago, Sol
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2025
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inglés
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Some differences between the grammars of heritage and monolingual speakers have been attributed to grammatical innovation, such that heritage behavior may reflect ongoing patterns of diachronic change. We examined this claim by comparing the acceptability of clitic doubling in three different speaker groups: monolingual and heritage speakers of European Spanish, and Rioplatense Spanish monolinguals. Accusative clitic doubling is grammaticalized in Rioplatense but not in European Spanish, consistent with Rioplatense Spanish being a more diachronically innovative variety. If heritage speakers mirror diachronic change, they may perform more similarly to Rioplatense than European monolinguals. The results of an acceptability judgement task showed that heritage speakers had robust knowledge of clitics but did not show evidence of progressive behavior with accusative clitic doubling. We propose that grammatical innovation may crucially depend on the demographic characteristics of heritage speakers and on the grammatical properties of the phenomenon tested.
Fil: Martinez Bruera, Mercedes. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; Alemania
Fil: Weingärtner, Daniel. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; Alemania
Fil: Listanti, Andrea. Universitat zu Köln; Alemania
Fil: Gattei, Carolina Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina
Fil: Alvarez, Carlos J.. Universidad de La Laguna; España
Fil: Barber, Horacio. Universidad de La Laguna; España
Fil: Rinke, Esther. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; Alemania
Fil: Lago, Sol. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; Alemania
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CLITIC DOUBLING
DIACHRONIC CHANGE
ACCEPTABILITY
HERITAGE SPEAKERS
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spelling Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in SpanishMartinez Bruera, MercedesWeingärtner, DanielListanti, AndreaGattei, Carolina AndreaAlvarez, Carlos J.Barber, HoracioRinke, EstherLago, SolCLITIC DOUBLINGDIACHRONIC CHANGEACCEPTABILITYHERITAGE SPEAKERShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6Some differences between the grammars of heritage and monolingual speakers have been attributed to grammatical innovation, such that heritage behavior may reflect ongoing patterns of diachronic change. We examined this claim by comparing the acceptability of clitic doubling in three different speaker groups: monolingual and heritage speakers of European Spanish, and Rioplatense Spanish monolinguals. Accusative clitic doubling is grammaticalized in Rioplatense but not in European Spanish, consistent with Rioplatense Spanish being a more diachronically innovative variety. If heritage speakers mirror diachronic change, they may perform more similarly to Rioplatense than European monolinguals. The results of an acceptability judgement task showed that heritage speakers had robust knowledge of clitics but did not show evidence of progressive behavior with accusative clitic doubling. We propose that grammatical innovation may crucially depend on the demographic characteristics of heritage speakers and on the grammatical properties of the phenomenon tested.Fil: Martinez Bruera, Mercedes. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; AlemaniaFil: Weingärtner, Daniel. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; AlemaniaFil: Listanti, Andrea. Universitat zu Köln; AlemaniaFil: Gattei, Carolina Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; ArgentinaFil: Alvarez, Carlos J.. Universidad de La Laguna; EspañaFil: Barber, Horacio. Universidad de La Laguna; EspañaFil: Rinke, Esther. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; AlemaniaFil: Lago, Sol. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; AlemaniaBrill Academic Publishers2025-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/281161Martinez Bruera, Mercedes; Weingärtner, Daniel; Listanti, Andrea; Gattei, Carolina Andrea; Alvarez, Carlos J.; et al.; Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in Spanish; Brill Academic Publishers; Heritage Language Journal; 22; 1; 9-2025; 1-321550-7076CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://brill.com/view/journals/hlj/22/1/article-p1_15.xmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1163/15507076-bja10048info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2026-02-26T10:26:31Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/281161instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982026-02-26 10:26:31.711CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in Spanish
title Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in Spanish
spellingShingle Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in Spanish
Martinez Bruera, Mercedes
CLITIC DOUBLING
DIACHRONIC CHANGE
ACCEPTABILITY
HERITAGE SPEAKERS
title_short Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in Spanish
title_full Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in Spanish
title_fullStr Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in Spanish
title_full_unstemmed Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in Spanish
title_sort Heritage Grammars and Language Change: the Case of Clitic Doubling in Spanish
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martinez Bruera, Mercedes
Weingärtner, Daniel
Listanti, Andrea
Gattei, Carolina Andrea
Alvarez, Carlos J.
Barber, Horacio
Rinke, Esther
Lago, Sol
author Martinez Bruera, Mercedes
author_facet Martinez Bruera, Mercedes
Weingärtner, Daniel
Listanti, Andrea
Gattei, Carolina Andrea
Alvarez, Carlos J.
Barber, Horacio
Rinke, Esther
Lago, Sol
author_role author
author2 Weingärtner, Daniel
Listanti, Andrea
Gattei, Carolina Andrea
Alvarez, Carlos J.
Barber, Horacio
Rinke, Esther
Lago, Sol
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CLITIC DOUBLING
DIACHRONIC CHANGE
ACCEPTABILITY
HERITAGE SPEAKERS
topic CLITIC DOUBLING
DIACHRONIC CHANGE
ACCEPTABILITY
HERITAGE SPEAKERS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Some differences between the grammars of heritage and monolingual speakers have been attributed to grammatical innovation, such that heritage behavior may reflect ongoing patterns of diachronic change. We examined this claim by comparing the acceptability of clitic doubling in three different speaker groups: monolingual and heritage speakers of European Spanish, and Rioplatense Spanish monolinguals. Accusative clitic doubling is grammaticalized in Rioplatense but not in European Spanish, consistent with Rioplatense Spanish being a more diachronically innovative variety. If heritage speakers mirror diachronic change, they may perform more similarly to Rioplatense than European monolinguals. The results of an acceptability judgement task showed that heritage speakers had robust knowledge of clitics but did not show evidence of progressive behavior with accusative clitic doubling. We propose that grammatical innovation may crucially depend on the demographic characteristics of heritage speakers and on the grammatical properties of the phenomenon tested.
Fil: Martinez Bruera, Mercedes. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; Alemania
Fil: Weingärtner, Daniel. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; Alemania
Fil: Listanti, Andrea. Universitat zu Köln; Alemania
Fil: Gattei, Carolina Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina
Fil: Alvarez, Carlos J.. Universidad de La Laguna; España
Fil: Barber, Horacio. Universidad de La Laguna; España
Fil: Rinke, Esther. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; Alemania
Fil: Lago, Sol. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt; Alemania
description Some differences between the grammars of heritage and monolingual speakers have been attributed to grammatical innovation, such that heritage behavior may reflect ongoing patterns of diachronic change. We examined this claim by comparing the acceptability of clitic doubling in three different speaker groups: monolingual and heritage speakers of European Spanish, and Rioplatense Spanish monolinguals. Accusative clitic doubling is grammaticalized in Rioplatense but not in European Spanish, consistent with Rioplatense Spanish being a more diachronically innovative variety. If heritage speakers mirror diachronic change, they may perform more similarly to Rioplatense than European monolinguals. The results of an acceptability judgement task showed that heritage speakers had robust knowledge of clitics but did not show evidence of progressive behavior with accusative clitic doubling. We propose that grammatical innovation may crucially depend on the demographic characteristics of heritage speakers and on the grammatical properties of the phenomenon tested.
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