Adjectives in Heritage Spanish

Ordering of predicative adjectives within the Noun Phrase varies cross linguistically in systematic ways (Cinque 2010). In Spanish adjectival ordering exhibits more flexibility than English. To test extent to which stricter word order English affects ordering, 35 heritage bilingual speakers living an dominant environment were asked judge orders and interpret adjective elisions. Results indicate acceptance involving roll up movement 2010), not possible They also show ability elisions contexts same type movement. These results provide evidence for availability flexible even among Spanish-English bilinguals.