Research interests

My research examines the acquisition of syntax and semantics by second language learners and bilingual children, focusing on the issues of language transfer and learnability. I have a particular interest in tense and aspect and crosslinguistic differences in the syntax and semantics of noun phrases.

Education

Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2005
Ph.D. Linguistics

Dissertation: The Acquisition of Aspect in a Second Language: a Bidirectional Study Learners of Japanese and English. Download (.pdf)

Binghamton University, State University of New York, 1998
B.A. summa cum laude, English Literature and Rhetoric, minor in Spanish

Research Grants

General Research Fund Award, University of Kansas

Second Language Acquisition at the Interface of Morphology and Semantics ($15,000)

New Faculty Research Grant, University of Kansas

Acquiring Aspect in a Second Language ($8,000)

National Science Foundation
BCS Dissertation Grant #0345697: The Acquisition of Aspect in a Second Language: a Bidirectional Study of Learners of Japanese and English ($15,024) (co-PI with Gita Martohardjono)

teaching grants

Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas

Grant to improve course materials for Introductory Linguistics (with Harold Torrence)

Teaching

University of Kansas
Department of Linguistics

Fall 2008

LING 415/715: Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

LING 416/716: Second Language Acquisition II

Spring 2009

LING 106: Introductory Linguistics

LING 860: Seminar in Second Language Acquisition (Topic TBA)

Other Courses

LING 107: Introduction to Linguistics-Honors

LING 490: Topics in Linguistics: Bilingualism

LING 860: Seminar in Second Language Acquisition: Imperfectives in L1 and L2 Acquisition

LING 794: Proseminar

Selected Papers

A. Gabriele and J. Maekawa. (in press). Interpreting tense in a second language. Eurosla Yearbook, 8. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

A. Gabriele. (under revision). Transfer and transition in the L2 acquisition of aspect. Studies in Second Language Acquisition.

A. Gabriele, E. Troseth, G. Martohardjono and R. Otheguy. (under revision). Emergent literacy skills in bilingual children: Assessing the role of L1 and L2 syntactic comprehension. International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education.

A. Gabriele, J. Maekawa, L. Ignatowski and E. Christensen. (2008). Distinguishing between the present and the past: against a critical period for tense in L2 acquisition. In H. Chan et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 143-154. Somerville: Cascadilla Press.

A. Gabriele. (2008). Calculating telicity in native and non-native English. In R. Slabakova et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 9th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition conference (GASLA 2007), 37-46. Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

A. Gabriele. (2007). Interpreting bare nominals in L2 Japanese. In A. Belikova et al. (eds.), GALANA 2: Proceedings of the conference Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition- North America 2, 92-101. Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

A. Gabriele. (2006).Why is arriving can also mean has arrived for Japanese learners of English. In A. Belletti et al. (eds.), Language Acquisition and Development: Proceedings of GALA 2005, 218-231. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

A. Gabriele and G. Martohardjono. (2005). Investigating the role of transfer in the L2 acquisition of aspect. Proceedings of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition 7. Somerville: Cascadilla Press Web Proceedings Project.

A. Gabriele, G. Martohardjono and W. McClure. (2005). Evaluating the role of the L1 in the L2 Acquisition of Aspect. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Cascadilla Press.

G. Martohardjono, R. Otheguy, A. Gabriele, M. DeGoeas-Malone, S. Rivero, M. Szupica-Pyrzanowski, E. Troseth & Z. Schutzman. (2005). The role of syntax in reading comprehension: a study of bilingual readers. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Cascadilla Press.

A. Gabriele, G. Martohardjono and W. McClure. (2003). Why swimming is just as difficult as dying for Japanese learners of English. ZAS Papers in Linguistics, 29, 85-104.

Papers in Progress

The role of nominal differences in the L2 acquisition of telicity. In prep for a special volume on transfer.

Can we predict when dying will be difficult? Progressive achievements in L2 English. (with Junko Maekawa and Jose Aleman Banon)

Why only some imperfectives are imperfect. (with Bill McClure)

Selected presentations

A. Gabriele. Upcoming- Invited talk at Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language 2008 (MAPLL 2008). Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. August 2008.

A. Gabriele, J. Maekawa, L. Ignatowski and E. Christensen. Distinguishing between the present and the past: against a critical period for tense in L2 acquisition. Presentation at the 32nd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development.

A. Gabriele and W. McClure. Why imperfectives are learned imperfectly. Presentation at the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Hamburg, Germany. May 2007.

E. Klein, G. Martohardjono, V. Valian and A. Gabriele. The acquisition of English tense and aspect by L1 Mandarin speakers. Presentation at the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Hamburg, Germany. May 2007.

A. Gabriele. Calculating telicity in native and non-native English. Presentation at the 9th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition conference. University of Iowa. May 2007

A. Gabriele. Interpreting bare nominals in L2 Japanese.Presentation at GALANA 2: Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition- North America 2. McGill University. August 2006.

A. Gabriele. Acquiring teliclity crosslinguistically. Presentations at the Child Language Proseminar and the Cognitive Psychology Proseminar. Fall 2006.

A. Gabriele. Transfer and learnability in the L2 Acquisition of aspect. Invited presentations at Nanzan University and Miyagi Gakuin Women's University. June 2006.

A. Gabriele. Acquiring aspect in L2 English and L2 Japanese. Invited presentation at the Child Language Proseminar. University of Kansas. November 2, 2005.

A. Gabriele. Why is arriving can also mean has arrived for Japanese learners of English. Paper presented at Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition. Siena, Italy. September 8-10, 2005.

A. Gabriele. The interaction of input and transfer in the L2 acquisition of aspect. Invited presentation at the CUNY Psycholinguistics Supper Club. April 19, 2005.

G. Martohardjono, R. Otheguy, A. Carando, A. Gabriele, C. Iricinshi, M. Szupica-Pyrzanowski, E. Troseth. The role of L1 and L2 syntax in L2 reading comprehension: a study of third-grade bilingual readers. Presentation at the 5th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Universitat Autonoma. Barcelona, Spain. March 22, 2004.

A. Gabriele. Native language influence on the acquisition of L2 semantics: acquiring aspect in English and Japanese. Invited presentation at South Carolina Linguistics Program. February 24, 2005.

A. Gabriele. Native language influence on the acquisition of L2 semantics: acquiring aspect in English and Japanese. Invited presentation at SUNY Stony Brook Linguistics department. February 15, 2005.

A. Gabriele. Native language influence on the acquisition of L2 semantics: acquiring aspect in English and Japanese. Invited presentation at Kansas University Linguistics department. February 3, 2005.

A. Gabriele. A day in the life of a New Yorker. (Lecture on American culture) Invited presentation at Miyagi Gakuin Women's University English department. October 29, 2004.

A. Gabriele. Acquiring a meaningful second language: the acquisition of semantics by learners of English and Japanese. Invited presentation at CUNY Bilingualism Research Group. Graduate Center, CUNY. July 27, 2004.

G.Martohardjono, A. Gabriele, E. Troseth, M. Szupica-Pyrzanowski. Reading in a second language. Presentation at teachers enrichment meeting at P.S. 145 (Manhattan). April 27, 2004.

A. Gabriele and G. Martohardjono. Investigating the role of the L1 in the L2 Acquisition of Aspect. Paper presented at Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition. Indiana Univerity. April 15-18, 2004.

A. Gabriele, G. Martohardjono and W. McClure. Why dying is just as difficult as swimming for Japanese learners of English. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Acquisition of Aspect. ZAS, Berlin. May 10-11, 2003.