TY - BOOK ID - 77939345 TI - First language attrition PY - 2013 SN - 902727195X 9789027271952 1299540651 9781299540651 9789027202673 9027202672 PB - Amsterdam DB - UniCat KW - Language attrition. KW - Languages in contact. KW - Language maintenance. KW - Language and languages KW - Language loyalty KW - Maintenance of language KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Areal linguistics KW - Language loss KW - Bilingualism KW - Maintenance KW - Education KW - Bilingual education. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77939345 AB - This study investigates the vulnerability of mature native grammars at the interfaces in adult Spanish speakers who have been residing in the US for a mean period of five years but continue to use their L1 on a daily basis. Participants were tested on production and comprehension of subject-verb inversion on two wh-constructions: matrix questions and relative clauses. The crucial distinction between inversion in these two types of constructions is that in relative clauses it is regulated by extra-syntactic conditions such as pragmatic and/or phonological considerations, while inversion ER -