Codeswitching experimental data: grammatical person

Abstract

This investigation focuses on codeswitching happening between the subject and the verb. In particular, it aims at determining how English-Spanish subject-verb switches are perceived and processed by taking into account three issues: (i) the directionality of the switch (i.e., Spanish subject – English verb switches vs. English subject – Spanish verb switches – e.g., el niño-SP DP SUBJ. drinks-EN V / él-SP 3rd PERS. SING. PRON. SUBJ. drinks-EN V vs. the boy-EN DP SUBJ. bebe-SP V/ he-EN 3rd PERS. SING. SUBJ. bebe-SP V); (ii) the categorial nature of the subject (i.e., determiner phrase -DP- vs. pronoun- e.g.,el niño-SP DP SUBJ. drinks-EN V vs. él-SP 3rd PERS. SING. PRON. SUBJ. drinks-EN V ); and (iii) the grammatical person in the case of the pronominal subjects (i.e., first and second person vs. third person pronominal subjects - e.g., I-EN 1st PERS. SING. PRON. SUBJ. quiero-SP V / you-EN 2nd PERS. SING. PRON. SUBJ. juegas-SP V vs. he-EN 3rd PERS. SING. SUBJ. bebe-SP V).