Selected Publications
Clachar, A. “Codeswitching among African-American English, Spanish and Standard English: Negotiation of Identities by Puerto Rican Students” pp. 61-80, 2016. In Rosa Guzzardo Tamargo, Mazak, Catherine, and M.Carmen Parafita Couto (Eds.) Spanish-English Codeswitching in the Caribbean and the U. S. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
Clachar, A. “Processing Subject Relative Clauses in English: Evidence from Child Speakers of English-Lexified Creoles” Applied Linguistics Vol, 36, No.5, pp. 635-640, 2015
Clachar, A. “El efecto de la comunicación mediada por computadora en la adquisición de los registros del discurso académico en español : Migrantes puertorriqueños de retorno en Puerto Rico” [The Effect of Computer-Mediated Communication on the Development of Spanish Academic Registers: Puerto Rican Return Migrants in Puerto Rico] Spanish in Context Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 173-193, 2010.
Clachar, A. “Negociación de Identidades a través de la Estructura Lingüística y la Opción Lingüística: Migrantes Puertorriqueños de Retorno en Compañías Americanas en Puerto Rico” [Negotiation of Identities through Linguistic Structure and Linguistic Choice: Puerto Rican Return Migrants in American Companies in Puerto Rico] Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana Vol.V, No. 10, pp. 147-162, 2007.
Clachar, A. “Re-examining ESL Programs in Public Schools: A Focus on Creole-English Children’s Clause-Structuring Strategies in Written Academic Discourse” Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table pp.1-38, Fall 2006.
Clachar, A. “Creole-English Speakers’ Treatment of Tense-Aspect Morphology in English Interlanguage Written Discourse” Language Learning Vol.55, No. 2, pp. 275-334, 2005.
Clachar, A. “Creole Discourse Effects on the Speech Conjunctive System in Expository Texts” Journal of Pragmatics Vol. 36, No.10, pp. 1827-1850, 2004.
Clachar, A. “The Construction of Creole-Speaking Students’ Linguistic Profile and Contradictions in ESL Literacy Programs” TESOL Quarterly Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 153-166, 2004
Clachar, A. “Paratactic Conjunctions in Creole Speakers’ and ESL Learners’ Academic Writing” World Englishes Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 271-289, 2003.
Clachar, A. “What Do Creole Speakers Reveal about the Acquisition of Aspect Marking in L2?” Studies in the Linguistic Sciences Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 27-49, 2000.
Clachar, A. “Redressing Ethnic Conflict through Morphosyntactic Creativity in Code-Mixing” Language and Communication Vol. 20, No.4, pp. 311 – 327, 2000.
Clachar, A. “Opposition and Accommodation : An Examination of Turkish Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Western Approaches to the Teaching of Writing” Research in the Teaching of English Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 66 -100, 2000.
Clachar, A. “Métodos de enseñanza en el colegio universitario para fomentar el locus de control interno en el aprendizaje del español como segundo idioma” [“Strategies for Fostering Internal Locus of Control in College Students Learning Spanish as a Second Language”] Hispania Vol. 82, No. 1, pp.113-120, 1999.
Clachar, A. “It’s Not Just Cognition: The Effect of Emotion on Multiple-Level Discourse Processing in Second Language Writing” Language Sciences Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 31-60, 1999.
Clachar, A. “Differential Effects of Linguistic Imperialism on Second Language Learning: Americanization in Puerto Rico versus Russification in Estonia” International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 102-119, 1998.
Clachar, A. “Resistance to the English Language in Puerto Rico: Toward A Theory of Language and Intergroup Distinctiveness” Linguistics and Education Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 69-97, 1997.
Clachar, A. “Students’ Reflections on the Social, Political, and Ideological Role of English in Puerto Rico” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 461-478, 1997.
Clachar, A. “Ethnolinguistic Identity and Spanish Proficiency in a Paradoxical Situation: The Case of Puerto Rican Return Migrants” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 107-125, 1997.
Clachar, A. “Dimensions of Locus of Control: Exploring Their Influence on ESL Students’ Interlanguage Development” Issues in Applied Linguistics Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 7-41, 1992.