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September 10, 2025Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

Exploring factors that influence the accusative/dative experiencer alternation in Spanish psych verbs: data from three types of Spanish–English bilinguals

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Overview

Observational analysis of experiencer preferences in three groups of Spanish-English bilinguals, suggesting context plays a key role.

Key Points

  • L2 Spanish speakers show a clear preference for dative experiencers in psych verbs, unlike their heritage and L1 counterparts.
  • Participants engaged in both an acceptability judgment task and a preference task to measure experiencer choice across contexts.
  • Overall language experience influenced the accusative versus dative preferences observed among bilingual Spanish-English speakers.
  • The unique syntactic alternation of Spanish psych verbs highlights variability in argument structure among different bilingual populations.

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Becky Gonzalez (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c183fe9b7b07f3a060fee6https://doi.org/10.1515/shll-2025-2014
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