Jennifer Cabrelli, PhD
Associate Professor
Hispanic and Italian Studies
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About
My primary area of specialization is the acquisition of phonology by second language learners, third language learners, and heritage speaker bilinguals. The core of my research program is an experimental approach to phonological (and, at times, morphosyntactic) acquisition. Specifically, I use quantitative analyses of data from speech production and perception and various behavioral methods to answer questions about how linguistic patterns are organized in the multilingual mind.
Selected Publications
Cabrelli, J. (in press). Attrition in multilingualism. In Cabrelli, J., Chaouch-Orozco, A., González Alonso, J., Puig-Mayenco, E., Pereira Soares, S. M. & Rothman, J. The Cambridge handbook of third language acquisition. Cambridge University Press.
Cabrelli, J., & Pichan, C. (2021). Initial phonological transfer in L3 Brazilian Portuguese and Italian. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 11, 131-167.
Stefanich, S., & Cabrelli, J. (2021.) The effects of L1 English constraints on the acquisition of the L2 Spanish alveopalatal nasal. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 288.
Cabrelli, J., Iverson, M., Giancaspro, D., & Halloran González, B. The roles of L1 Spanish versus L2 Spanish in L3 Portuguese morphosyntactic development. In K. Molsing, C. Becker Lopes Perna, & A.M Tramunt Ibaños (Eds.), Linguistic approaches to Portuguese as an additional language (pp. 11-33). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Sequeros-Valle, J., Hoot, B., & Cabrelli, J. L2 Spanish clitic left dislocation: Data from speeded production. Language Acquisition, 27(3), 306-330.
Cabrelli, J., Luque, A., & Finestrat, I. (2019). L1 Brazilian Portuguese phonotactic restructuring as a result of L2 English contact. Journal of Phonetics, 73, 55-69.
Cabrelli Amaro, J., Campos-Dintrans, G., & Rothman, J. The role of L1 phonology in L2 morphological production: L2 English past tense production by L1 Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese speakers. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 40, 503-527.
Cabrelli Amaro, J. (2017). Testing the Phonological Permeability Hypothesis: Differential L3 influence on L1 and L2 phonological systems. International Journal of Bilingualism, 21, 698-717.
Cabrelli Amaro, J. (2017). The role of prosodic structure in L2 Spanish stop lenition. Second Language Research, 33, 233-269.
Service to Community
Member, Executive Board, Bilingualism Matters Chicago
Research Currently in Progress
Cabrelli, J. (expected 2024). A guide to conducting research in third language acquisition. New York: Routledge.
Cabrelli, J., & Iverson, M. (in revisions). Why do L3 learners overcome non-facilitative transfer from an L2 faster than an L1? The Cumulative Input Threshold Hypothesis.
Cabrelli, J., Pichan, C., Rothman, J., Serratrice, L., & Ward, J. (in revisions). The roles of salience and dominance in the initial stages of L3 phonological acquisition.
Cabrelli, J., Finestrat Martínez, I., Luque, I., Escalante, J., & Nguyen, V. (in preparation). L2 English effects on L1 Brazilian Portuguese phonotactics: Evidence from production data.
Cabrelli, J., Puig-Mayenco, E., Rothman, J., & De Bot, K. (in preparation). Third language acquisition. In J. Herschensohn & M. Young-Scholten (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of second language Acquisition [2nd edition]. Cambridge University Press.
Snape, N., Cabrelli, J., & *Herrera, C. (in preparation). L2 English stability across domains in Japanese returnees.
Kissling, E., Cabrelli, J., Hamrick, P., & Morgan-Short, K. (in preparation). Longitudinal observation of L2 Spanish phonological perception and production and the role of cognitive individual differences.