This article studies the acquisition of copulas by a Spanish-English bilingual between the ages of 1;6 and 3;0, examines the possibility of interlanguage influence, and considers the distributional frequencies of copular constructions in the speech of the child and in the language input from adults. The study is of interest because the bilingual…

Examines language transfer or interference from the perspective of the input the bilingual child is exposed to. Argues that transfer occurs in those domains of the grammar where the language learner is confronted with ambiguous input. (Author/VWL)

Eight commentaries are included on an article that examined language transfer or interference from the perspective of the input the bilingual child is exposed to and argued that transfer occurs in those domains of the grammar where the language learner is confronted with ambiguous input. (Author/VWL)

Responds to commentaries written about an article that the author wrote on language transfer and interference from the perspective of the input the bilingual child is exposed to. (Author/VWL)