Lorenzo García-Amaya
List of John Benjamins publications for which Lorenzo García-Amaya plays a role.
Articles
2022 An investigation into utterance-fluency patterns of advanced L L bilinguals: Afrikaans and Spanish in Patagonia Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 12:2, pp. 163–190 | Article
Adult late-LL learners are the main source of participants for research on utterance fluency. Although there are ample opportunities to study these learners, bilinguals who come from a more diverse background are under-researched. This paper investigates the effects of long-term bilingualism on… read more
2021 A change of setting: Measuring language use in an overseas immersion context Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 6:1, pp. 32–58 | Article
Though study abroad (SA) is becoming an increasingly popular educational avenue for second-language (L2) learners, there is little knowledge of what factors create a successful learning experience. One methodological approach is to consider the amount of time students use their L2 while abroad,… read more
2016 The intonational meaning of polar questions in Manchego Spanish spontaneous speech Intonational Grammar in Ibero-Romance: Approaches across linguistic subfields, Armstrong, Meghan E., Nicholas Henriksen and Maria del Mar Vanrell (eds.), pp. 181–206 | Article
Previous work on Spanish intonation has not sufficiently addressed the formmeaning patterns that govern pragmatic use in spontaneous interaction. This study is an initial attempt to examine the pragmatic use of polar question intonation in Manchego Spanish conversational speech. First, we document… read more