Chelsea Escalante
List of John Benjamins publications in which Chelsea Escalante is involved.
2026 Chapter 3. Using corpora and variationist approaches to make inferences about language representation Quantitative Methods in Multilingual Acquisition and Processing, Klassen, Gabrielle and John W. Schwieter (eds.), pp. 28–55 | Chapter
As interest in usage-based approaches to multilingualism has grown, researchers have increasingly turned to large data sets (i.e., corpora) of actual language usage to study linguistic phenomena. Exploring multilingual or multidialectal corpora can shed important light on multilingual… read more
2025 Chapter 5. Acquiring sociolinguistic competence: A comparison of subject pronoun expression in L2 and L3 Spanish Research at the Intersection of Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics: Studies in honor of Kimberly L. Geeslin, Solon, Megan, Matthew Kanwit and Aarnes Gudmestad (eds.), pp. 116–142 | Chapter
This paper compares the acquisition of subject pronoun expression in written Spanish by first-language (L1) speakers of English learning Spanish as a second language and L1 speakers of Chinese learning Spanish as a third language. A mixed-effects regression indicated that learners’ choices… read more
2023 “Being myself in Spanish”: A heritage speaker’s evolving pragmatic choices and awareness during study abroad Heritage learners studying abroad, George, Angela (ed.), pp. 230–258 | Article
This case study examines the pragmatic development of address forms of a US-based Spanish heritage speaker of Mexican descent, Juan, during an 11-week abroad program in Argentina. Instruments included a background questionnaire, a pre/post-written elicitation task, four interviews, and 16… read more
2022 Chapter 6. Spanish rhotic variation and development in uninstructed immersion Variation in Second and Heritage Languages: Crosslinguistic perspectives, Bayley, Robert, Dennis R. Preston and Xiaoshi Li (eds.), pp. 127–158 | Chapter
Perhaps due to the salient differences between English and Spanish rhotics, there has been a robust discussion regarding the acquisition of Spanish taps and trills by first language (L1) English speakers. Previous studies that have explored rhotic development have suggested that while there is a… read more
2022 Chapter 1. Variation and second language acquisition: Recent developments and future directions Variation in Second and Heritage Languages: Crosslinguistic perspectives, Bayley, Robert, Dennis R. Preston and Xiaoshi Li (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Chapter
In addition to introducing the main themes of this volume, the chapter provides a brief overview of recent developments in variationist studies of second language acquisition (SLA), including work on perception. We suggest that the type of work included in this volume, which focuses on a range… read more