The acquisition of Spanish: Morphosyntactic development in monolingual and bilingual L1 acquisition and adult L2 acquisition. By Silvina A. Montrul. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2004. Pp. xv, 413. ISBN 1588116050. 49. 95.

Key Points

• This research aims to analyze the morphosyntactic development in individual bilingual and monolingual Spanish speakers and in adult learners of Spanish as a second language.
• Examines morphosyntactic patterns in both L1 and L2 contexts
• Explores differences between monolingual and bilingual acquisition
• Considers adult learners' acquisition processes
• Bilingual individuals show distinct morphosyntactic features compared to their monolingual peers
• Adult L2 learners display varying levels of morphosyntactic proficiency