Shane Ebert, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Hispanic and Italian Studies
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1728 UH
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601 S. Morgan St.
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About
Interests:
My research centers on understanding cross-linguistic properties of morphosyntax by taking advantage of the distinctive properties of linguistic systems with two or more languages, i.e. those of bilingual speakers. I mostly focus on early and simultaneous bilinguals, although I also looks at late bilinguals, i.e. second language (L2) learners. My research interests include the morphosyntax of wh-questions, contrasts in acquisition by L2 learners and heritage speakers, formal approaches to heritage language, and methodology in experimental code-switching research.
Selected Publications
Hoot, Bradley & Shane Ebert. 2025. Syntactic island effects in Spanish: Experimental evidence. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 43(2). 629-667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11049-024-09633-5.
Hoot, Bradley & Shane Ebert. 2021. The that-trace effect: Evidence from Spanish-English code-switching. Languages 6(4). 189. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages6040189.
Hoot, Bradley & Shane Ebert. 2021. On the position of subjects in Spanish: Evidence from code-switching. Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics 6(1). 73. https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.1449.
Heil, Jeanne & Shane Ebert. 2017. Extra-syntactic factors in the that-trace effect. In Jonathan E. MacDonald (ed.), Modern analyses in Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Ebert, Shane & Bryan Koronkiewicz. 2018. Monolingual stimuli as a foundation for analyzing code-switching data. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 8(1). 25-66. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.16007.ebe.
González-Vilbazo, Kay, Laura Bartlett, Sarah Downey, Shane Ebert, Jeanne Heil, Bradley Hoot, Bryan Koronkiewicz & Sergio Ramos. 2013. Methodological considerations in code-switching research. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 6(1). 118-138. https://doi.org/10.1515/shll-2013-1143.
Morgan-Short, Kara, Jeanne Heil, Andrea Botero-Moriarty & Shane Ebert. 2012. Allocation of attention to second language form and meaning: Issues of think-alouds and depth of processing. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 34(4). 659-685. https://doi.org/10.1017/S027226311200037X.
Education
PhD in Hispanic Linguistics, University of Illinois at Chicago
BA, Beloit College