Peer-reviewed Publications
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed
Peer-reviewed
- 10. Jiao, J., Cuza, A., López-Otero, J. C. (under review). Feature accessibility in L2 grammars: the case of personal a in Mandarin-speaking L2 learners of Spanish.
9. López-Otero, J.C. (forthcoming). Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence in DOM in Romanian-Spanish bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingualism.
8. López-Otero, J.C., Cuza, A. & Jiao, J. (2021). The production and acceptability of object clitics in Spanish among Brazilian Portuguese-speaking heritage speakers. Second Language Research.
7. Hur, E., López-Otero, J. C., & Lee, E. (2021). The different attitudes towards instruction among heritage speakers of Spanish and Korean. Languages, 6(1), 14.
6. Hur, E., López-Otero, J.C.; Sánchez, L. (2020). Gender Agreement and Assignment in Spanish Heritage Speakers: Does Frequency Matter? Languages, 5, 48.
5. López-Otero, J.C. (2020). On the acceptability of the Spanish DOM among Romanian-Spanish bilinguals. In S. Montrul and A. Mardale (Eds.), The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking.
4. Jiao, J., Cuza, A. & López-Otero, J. C. (2020). The acquisition of personal a among Chinese-speaking L2 learners of Spanish: a case for syntactic complexity. Selected Proceedings of the 2017 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium.
3. López-Otero, J. C. & Cuza, A. (2020). The distribution and use of present and past progressive forms in English-Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese-Spanish bilinguals. In L. Ortiz López, R. E. Guzzardo Tamargo, & M. González-Rivera (Eds.), Hispanic Contact Linguistics: Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Perspectives.
2. Cuza, A. Jiao, J. & López-Otero, J. C. (2018). Does Typological Proximity Really Matter? Evidence from Mandarin and Brazilian Portuguese-Speaking Learners of Spanish. Languages, 3(2), 13.
1. Cuza, A., & López-Otero, J. C. (2016). The acquisition of the semantic values of the Spanish present tense in L2 and heritage Spanish. Revista Española De Lingüística Aplicada, 29(2), 462.
- López-Otero, J. C., & Goldin, M. (to be submitted in Spring 2022). The role of age of acquisition in L2 Spanish imperatives: insights from children and adults.
Conferences Presentations
Talks
2021
Thane, P., Hur, E., & López-Otero, J. C. “Lexical Frequency Effects in Heritage Spanish: Evidence from Syntax and Morphology.” Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
López-Otero, J. C., & Hur, E. “Tackling the foundations of our methods: Do we measure proficiency fairly?”. 50th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO)
López-Otero, J. C. & Goldin, M. “How heritage children and adults acquire Spanish imperatives: an examination of syntax and morphology.” International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB), Warsaw, Poland
Goldin, M., López-Otero, J. C., Hur, E. “How frequent are these verbs? The role of lexical frequency in children’s acquisition of verb morphology at different ages of acquisition.” Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Urbana-Champaign, IL
Goldin, M., Hur, E., López-Otero, J. C. “How age of acquisition affects the production of frequent verbs in bilingual children attending dual language schools.” The National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (NSSHL). New York, NY
Goldin, M., Hur, E., López-Otero, J. C. “Lexical frequency effects in the acquisition of Spanish morphosyntax: evidence from dual language schools.” Romance Grammars, Context and Contact (RGCC), University of Birmingham, UK
2020
Hur, E., López-Otero, J. C., & Lee, E. “Heritage language attitudes and maintenance: a comparison between Korean and Spanish”. 49th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO).
López-Otero, J. C., Hur, E., Sánchez, L. “Gender Agreement and Assignment in Spanish Heritage Speakers: Does Frequency Matter?” Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), University of Texas at Austin, TX
2019
López-Otero, J. C. “The L2 acquisition of the morphology and syntactic properties of the Spanish imperative.” Paper presented at Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, University of Texas at El Paso, TX
López-Otero, J. C., Hur, E., Sánchez, L. “Lexical Frequency Effects on Gender Agreement among Spanish Heritage Speakers.” Paper presented atHispanic Linguistics Symposium, University of Texas at El Paso, TX
Sánchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., Jiménez, A., López-Otero, J. C., Austin, J. “Heritage Spanish bilingual children and the acquisition of null subjects: The case of immersion schooling.” Paper presented at Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
López-Otero, J. C. “Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence at the DOM among Romanian-Spanish bilinguals.” Paper presented atLinguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Sánchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., López-Otero, J. C., Austin, J. “The null subject parameter in a Spanish immersion school: heritage bilinguals and L2 learners.” Paper presented atGenerative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA), University of Nevada, Reno, NV
2018
López-Otero, J. C. “On the knowledge of the Spanish DOM among highly proficient Romanian- Spanish bilinguals.” Paper presented atHispanic Linguistics Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, TX
Lopez Otero, J. C. “Acceptability of the Spanish DOM among Romanian Spanish bilinguals.” Paper presented atGALANA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Kinsella, B., Goldin, M., González-Dárriba, P., Hur, E., Jiménez, A., López-Otero, J. C., & Lozano-Argüelles, C. “Community engagement and linguistic research on bilingualism.” Paper presented at Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2017
Jiao, J., Cuza, A., Lopez Otero, J. C.“The acquisition of personal a in Chinese-speaking L2 learners of Spanish: A case for syntactic complexity.” Paper presented atHispanic Linguistics Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
López-Otero, J. C. & Cuza, A. “Present and past aspectual distribution: Progressive forms in English and Brazilian Portuguese speaking Spanish heritage speakers.” Paper presented atIV Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA.
Cuza, A., López-Otero, J. C., & Jiao, J. “The acquisition of differential object marking in Spanish heritage speakers in Brazil.” Paper presented at IV Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA.
2016
López-Otero, J.C. & Cuza, A. “On the aspectual values of the Spanish progressive and simple present in L2 learners and heritage speakers.” Paper presentedatHispanic Linguistics Symposium. Georgetown University.
Cuza, A., López-Otero, J.C., & Jiao, J. “Does Typological Similarity Matter? Evidence from Differential Object Marking in Brazilian Portuguese/Spanish Bilinguals.” Paper presented atSecond Language Research Forum. Columbia University.
Cuza, A. & López-Otero, J.C.“The acquisition of the semantic values of the Spanish present in L2 and heritage Spanish.” Paper presented at8thInternational Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics.Universidad Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
López-Otero, J.C. & Cuza, A. “Bilingualism effects at the syntax-semantics interface: evidence from the Spanish present tense.” Paper presented at1st Purdue Languages and Cultures Conference. Purdue University.
Posters
2019 Sánchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., Jiménez, A., López Otero, J. C., Austin, J. “Knowledge of null subjects in heritage Spanish bilinguals in a Spanish immersion school.” Paper presented atLinguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Invited Talks
2018 Sanchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., Jiménez, A., López Otero, J. C.“Bilingual development in Spanish Heritage bilingual children” Latino Studies Research Symposium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2021
Thane, P., Hur, E., & López-Otero, J. C. “Lexical Frequency Effects in Heritage Spanish: Evidence from Syntax and Morphology.” Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
López-Otero, J. C., & Hur, E. “Tackling the foundations of our methods: Do we measure proficiency fairly?”. 50th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO)
López-Otero, J. C. & Goldin, M. “How heritage children and adults acquire Spanish imperatives: an examination of syntax and morphology.” International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB), Warsaw, Poland
Goldin, M., López-Otero, J. C., Hur, E. “How frequent are these verbs? The role of lexical frequency in children’s acquisition of verb morphology at different ages of acquisition.” Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Urbana-Champaign, IL
Goldin, M., Hur, E., López-Otero, J. C. “How age of acquisition affects the production of frequent verbs in bilingual children attending dual language schools.” The National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (NSSHL). New York, NY
Goldin, M., Hur, E., López-Otero, J. C. “Lexical frequency effects in the acquisition of Spanish morphosyntax: evidence from dual language schools.” Romance Grammars, Context and Contact (RGCC), University of Birmingham, UK
2020
Hur, E., López-Otero, J. C., & Lee, E. “Heritage language attitudes and maintenance: a comparison between Korean and Spanish”. 49th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO).
López-Otero, J. C., Hur, E., Sánchez, L. “Gender Agreement and Assignment in Spanish Heritage Speakers: Does Frequency Matter?” Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), University of Texas at Austin, TX
2019
López-Otero, J. C. “The L2 acquisition of the morphology and syntactic properties of the Spanish imperative.” Paper presented at Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, University of Texas at El Paso, TX
López-Otero, J. C., Hur, E., Sánchez, L. “Lexical Frequency Effects on Gender Agreement among Spanish Heritage Speakers.” Paper presented atHispanic Linguistics Symposium, University of Texas at El Paso, TX
Sánchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., Jiménez, A., López-Otero, J. C., Austin, J. “Heritage Spanish bilingual children and the acquisition of null subjects: The case of immersion schooling.” Paper presented at Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
López-Otero, J. C. “Bidirectional cross-linguistic influence at the DOM among Romanian-Spanish bilinguals.” Paper presented atLinguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Sánchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., López-Otero, J. C., Austin, J. “The null subject parameter in a Spanish immersion school: heritage bilinguals and L2 learners.” Paper presented atGenerative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA), University of Nevada, Reno, NV
2018
López-Otero, J. C. “On the knowledge of the Spanish DOM among highly proficient Romanian- Spanish bilinguals.” Paper presented atHispanic Linguistics Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, TX
Lopez Otero, J. C. “Acceptability of the Spanish DOM among Romanian Spanish bilinguals.” Paper presented atGALANA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Kinsella, B., Goldin, M., González-Dárriba, P., Hur, E., Jiménez, A., López-Otero, J. C., & Lozano-Argüelles, C. “Community engagement and linguistic research on bilingualism.” Paper presented at Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2017
Jiao, J., Cuza, A., Lopez Otero, J. C.“The acquisition of personal a in Chinese-speaking L2 learners of Spanish: A case for syntactic complexity.” Paper presented atHispanic Linguistics Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
López-Otero, J. C. & Cuza, A. “Present and past aspectual distribution: Progressive forms in English and Brazilian Portuguese speaking Spanish heritage speakers.” Paper presented atIV Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA.
Cuza, A., López-Otero, J. C., & Jiao, J. “The acquisition of differential object marking in Spanish heritage speakers in Brazil.” Paper presented at IV Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA.
2016
López-Otero, J.C. & Cuza, A. “On the aspectual values of the Spanish progressive and simple present in L2 learners and heritage speakers.” Paper presentedatHispanic Linguistics Symposium. Georgetown University.
Cuza, A., López-Otero, J.C., & Jiao, J. “Does Typological Similarity Matter? Evidence from Differential Object Marking in Brazilian Portuguese/Spanish Bilinguals.” Paper presented atSecond Language Research Forum. Columbia University.
Cuza, A. & López-Otero, J.C.“The acquisition of the semantic values of the Spanish present in L2 and heritage Spanish.” Paper presented at8thInternational Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics.Universidad Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
López-Otero, J.C. & Cuza, A. “Bilingualism effects at the syntax-semantics interface: evidence from the Spanish present tense.” Paper presented at1st Purdue Languages and Cultures Conference. Purdue University.
Posters
2019 Sánchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., Jiménez, A., López Otero, J. C., Austin, J. “Knowledge of null subjects in heritage Spanish bilinguals in a Spanish immersion school.” Paper presented atLinguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Invited Talks
2018 Sanchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., Jiménez, A., López Otero, J. C.“Bilingual development in Spanish Heritage bilingual children” Latino Studies Research Symposium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Work in progress
- López-Otero, J. C., Cuza, A., & Jiao, J. (in preparation). The acquisition of Spanish clitics in Brazilian Portuguese-speaking heritage speakers of Spanish.To be submitted in Fall 2019.
- López-Otero, J. C., Hur, E., & Sánchez, L. (in preparation). Lexical Frequency Effects on Gender Agreement and Assignment in Spanish Heritage Speakers. To be submitted in Spring 2020.
- Hur, E., Jiao, J., López-Otero, J. C.(in preparation). The acquisition of Spanish DOM in Korean and Chinese L2 learners.
- López-Otero, J. C., & Goldin, M. (in preparation). The role of age of acquisition in L2 Spanish imperatives: insights from children and adults. To be submitted in Spring 2020.