Valenzuela, Elena; Iverson, Michael; Rothman, Jason; Borg, Kristina; Pascual y Cabo, Diego; Pinto, Manuela (Chapter; Bokkapittel; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Spanish captures the difference between eventive and stative passives via an
obligatory choice between two copula; verbal passives take the copula ser and
adjectival passives take the copula estar. In this study, we compare and contrast
US and Canadian heritage speakers of Spanish on their knowledge of
this difference in relation to copula choice in Spanish. The backgrounds of the
target groups ...