This volume contains 15 papers selected from the 7th Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as First and Second Languages, which was held at the University of Minnesota in 2004. The papers discuss how children and adults learn Spanish and Portuguese, examining acquisition and development in the areas of phonology, morphology, syntax, and writing. The proceedings also includes several papers examining ser and estar, and a plenary paper by Barbara Lafford comparing study abroad and classroom learning of Spanish as a second language. The complete table of contents is available at http://www.lingref.com/cpp/casp/7/ along with abstracts and the actual papers in PDF format.

This volume has been published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, an imprint of Cascadilla Press. Proceedings from Cascadilla Proceedings Project are published in library binding. There is also free web access to all of the papers in the proceedings through our web site at lingref.com.