Publications
Monograph:
M. Cabrera. (2008). The L2 Acquisition of English and Spanish Causative Structures: A
Bidirectional Study.Germany: Verlag Dr. Müller. 132 pp.
Articles:
M. Cabrera & N. Usaj. (forthcoming). The effects of context of learning in the L2 acquisition of the Mandarin Chinese aspectual marker –LE by L1 English speakers. In Chris Wilder & Tor Åfarli (Eds.), CHINOSAT-2 volume. Tapir Academic Press, Trondheim. 12 pp.
M. Cabrera. (forthcoming). Intransitive / Inchoative Structures in L2 Spanish. In Borgonovo, C., M. Español-Echevarría, & P. Prévost. Selected Proceedings of the 12th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
M. Cabrera. (2009). [Review of the book Input Matters in SLA by T. Pisken, & M. Young-Scholten]. Linguist List, issue 20.4070. Retrieved from http://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/get-review.cfm?SubID=2229274.
M. Cabrera. (2008). “¿Transferencia
Sintáctica o Morfológica?: Adquisición de las Formas Intransitivas con se en Español como Segunda Lengua”. In Actas del XV Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Lingüística y Filología
de América Latina (ALFAL), Universidad de la República, Montevideo,
Uruguay. 9 pp.
M. Cabrera & Y. Mejia. (2008). “El Orden de Palabras en las Preguntas Qu- en Español e Inglés como Segundas Lenguas” In Actas del XV Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina (ALFAL), Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. 6 pp.
M. Cabrera
& M. L. Zubizarreta. (2006). “Transfer in Periphrastic Causatives in L2
English and L2 Spanish". In
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta (2005). “Are all grammatical L1 properties simultaneously transferred?: Lexical causatives in L2 Spanish and L2 English”. Proceedings of the 7th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2004) ed. by L. Dekydspotter, Rex A. Sprouse & Audrey Liljestrand al. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Cabrera, M.
& M. L. Zubizarreta (2005). “Overgeneralization of Causatives and Transfer
in L2 Spanish and L2 English”. Selected
Proceedings of the 6th Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese
as First and Second Languages ed. by D. Eddington.
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta (2004). “Constructional Properties versus Lexical-Specific Transfer: Overgeneralized Causatives in L2 English and L2 Spanish”. Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) 28 Proceedings Supplement.
Cabrera,
M. & M. L. Zubizarreta (2004). “The Role of the L1 in the Overgeneralization of
Causatives in L2 English and L2 Spanish.” Current Issues in Linguistic
Theory: Contemporary Approaches to Romance Linguistics (Selected Proceedings of
the 33rd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages - LSRL 33) ed. By J. Auger, J. C. Clements & B. Vance.
Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta (2003). “On the
acquisition of Spanish causative structures by L1 speakers of English”, Proceedings
of The 2002 Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-6):
L2 Links ed. by J. M. Liceras, H. Zobl & H. Goodluck. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
Cabrera, M. (1995). “Aproximación al discurso
escrito de los abogados” [On lawyer’s written discourse]. Themis Revista de
Derecho, Nº 31, Lima, Perú.
Work in progress:
M. Cabrera, J. Foy, & V. Mann. Speech patterns in Spanish-English bilingual
kindergarteners: Errors or cross-linguistic transfer?
Manuscripts:
Cabrera, M. (2004). “L2 Acquisition of Causatives in English and Spanish”. Qualifying Paper, Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Cabrera, M. (2002). “The Causative Alternation”. PhD Screening Paper, Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Cabrera, M. (2000). “Direct & Indirect Object Clitics in the Spanish of Quechua/Spanish bilingual children”. Ms. Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles [Data provided by Prof. Liliana Sánchez].
Academic
Presentations
M. Cabrera. (2010). "The Acquisition of English and Spanish Inchoative structures", XVII Convention of the International Association of Hispanists, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, July 23rd, 2010.
M. Cabrera. (2010). "The L2 Acquisition of English Inchoatives by L1 Spanish Speakers", The American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP) Conference, Guadalajara, Mexico, July 12th, 2010.
M. Cabrera. (2009). “The Acquisition of Inchoative Structures by L1 Spanish Speakers Learning L2 English”, Hispanic Linguistic Symposium (HLS) 2009, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, October 22nd, 2009.
M. Cabrera, & N. Usaj. (2009). "The Effects of Context of Learning in the L2 Acquisition of the Mandarin Chinese Aspectual Marker –LE by L1 English Speakers", Workshop on Chinese Grammar in Contrast: Syntax and Acquisition (CHINOSAT) 2, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, October 1st, 2009.
M. Cabrera, & N. Usaj. (2009). "The L2 Acquisition of the Chinese Aspectual Marker –LE by L1 Speakers of English", 17th Princeton Conference on Chinese Language Instruction, Princeton University, April 25th, 2009.
Y. Mejia, & M. Cabrera. (2009). “Word Order in Wh-Questions in English and Spanish as Second Languages”, poster presented at the First LMU Undergraduate Research Symposium, March 22nd, 2009.
M. Cabrera. (2008). “Intransitive
/ Inchoative Structures in L2 Spanish”, Hispanic Linguistic Symposium,
M. Cabrera & Y. Mejia. (2008). “Word Order in Wh- Questions in L2 Spanish and L2 English”,
Hispanic Linguistic Symposium,
M. Cabrera, M. Lony, & A. Partnoy. (2008). “Assessment Action Plan (Fall 2008-Spring 2010) for Modern Languages & Literatures”, poster presented at the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Showcase, Center for Teaching Excellence, Loyola Marymount University, September 29th, 2008.
M. Cabrera. "Transfer of
syntax or morphology?: The L2 acquisition of Spanish intransitive/inchoative
structures". Paper presented at the 38th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages
(LSRL), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 5th, 2008.
M. Cabrera. (2008).
“¿Transferencia Sintáctica o Morfológica?: Adquisición de las Formas
Intransitivas con Se en Español como Segunda Lengua”, XV Congreso
Internacional de la Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina
(ALFAL), Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, August, 2008.
M. Cabrera & Y. Mejia.
(2008). “El Orden de Palabras en las Preguntas Qu- en Español e Inglés como Segundas Lenguas”, XV Congreso
Internacional de la Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina
(ALFAL), Universidad de la República,
Montevideo, Uruguay, August, 2008.
M. Cabrera, P. Liedke-Konow, M. Lony, A. Partnoy, & E. Scott. (2007). “Modern Languages and Literatures Assessment Spring 2006”, poster presented at the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Showcase, Center for Teaching Excellence, Loyola Marymount University, September, 2007.
M. Cabrera. (2007). “Is Transfer a Developmentally Constrained Process?: Periphrastic Causatives in L2 Spanish and L2 English”, poster presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2007 Costa Mesa, California, April, 2007.
M. Cabrera. (2006). “Is Transfer a developmentally Moderated Process?: Periphrastic Causatives in L2 Spanish and L2 English”, 6th International Symposium on Processability, Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism, University of Malta, Malta, September 22, 2006.
M. Cabrera. (2006) “Transferencia en las causativas
perifrásticas en inglés y español como L2s”, First International Conference on
the Acquisition of Spanish as a First and Second Language, Universidad Nacional
de Rosario, Argentina, June 10, 2006.
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta. (2005).
“Transfer in Periphrastic causatives in L2 Spanish and L2 English”, Going
Romance 2005,
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta. (2005) “Transfer of word order vs. interpretation: Periphrastic causatives in L2 Spanish and L2 English”, 7th Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as First and Second Languages, Penn State University, November 12, 2005.
Cabrera, M. (2005). “Overgeneralized Causatives in L2 English and L2 Spanish: The Role of the L1”. Invited talk, University of South Carolina, February 18, 2005.
Cabrera, M. (2005). “Causatives in L2 English and L2 Spanish: The Role of the L1”. Invited talk, University of Massachusetts, Boston, February 4, 2005.
Cabrera, M. (2005). “Interrogative Words in Spanish”. Invited lecture, Advanced Spanish Grammar Class, Prof. Susan Mraz, University of Massachusetts, Boston, February 4, 2005.
Cabrera, M. (2005). “Causative Structures in English and Spanish as Second Languages: The Role of the Native Language”. Invited talk, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, January 25, 2005.
Cabrera, M. (2005). “Linguistic Universals and the Sub-fields of Linguistics”. Invited lecture, Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics Class, Prof. Rebeca Acevedo, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, January 24, 2005.
Cabrera, M., S. Colina & H. Jacobson
(2004). “Developing and evaluating translated materials: Strategies and tools for
health care organizations”. Pre-Conference
Workshop at the Fourth
National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally
Diverse Populations: Integrating
Community Needs into the National Health Agenda, September
28-October 1, 2004, Hilton
Washington,
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta (2004). “Are all grammatical L1 properties simultaneously transferred?: Lexical causatives in L2 Spanish and L2 English”. Paper presented at Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA) 7 Conference, April 16-18, 2004, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Cabrera, M. (2004). “Are all grammatical L1 properties simultaneously transferred?: Lexical causatives in L2 Spanish and L2 English”. Invited Lecture, Second Language Acquisition Class, Prof. Tania Ionin, March 28, 2004, Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California.
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta (2003). “Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Transfer: Overgeneralized Causatives in L2 English and L2 Spanish”. Poster presented at the Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 28), October 31-November 2, 2003, Boston University.
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta (2003). “Overgeneralization of Causatives and Transfer in L2 Spanish and L2 English”. Paper presented at the 6th Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as First and Second Languages, October 16-18, 2003, University of New Mexico.
Cabrera, M. & G. Vierma (2003). “Quiz-Making Made Easy”. Presentation at the Spanish Basic Language Program Assistant Lecturer Orientation, August 21, 2003, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Southern California.
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta (2003). “The Role of the L1 in the Overgeneralization of Causatives in L2 English and L2 Spanish.” Paper presented at the 33rd Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL 33), April 24-27, 2003, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta (2003). “Overgeneralization of Causatives and L1 Transfer in L2 English and L2 Spanish”. Presentation at Psychobabble, April 14, 2003, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Cabrera, M.
(2002). Cloze tests. Class Tutorial, Second Language Acquisition Class, Prof.
María Luisa Zubizarreta,
Cabrera, M. & M. L. Zubizarreta
(2001). “Overgeneralization of causatives by L1 English Speakers of L2
Spanish”. Paper presented at The Fourth Symposium on the Acquisition of Spanish &
Portuguese as First & Second Languages,
Cabrera, M. (2001). “Putting it all together: Lesson Planning, Flow and Classroom Management”. Presentation at the Spanish Basic Language Program Assistant Lecturer Orientation, August 23, 2001, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Southern California.
Cabrera, M. (2001). “Overgeneralization of causatives in the interlanguage of English speakers learning Spanish”. Paper presented at The Student Workshop 2001, Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California.