The Transition From Nominal To Pronominal Person Reference In The Early Language Of A Mandarin-English Bilingual Child  

Oleh:

Qi, Ruying ; Biase, Bruno Di ; Campbell, Stuart

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Bilingualism (Full Text) vol. 10 no. 3 (Sep. 2006), page 301-330.
Topik: first person pronouns; Mandarin/ English; nominal person reference
Fulltext: 301.pdf (397.3KB)

Isi artikel

This paper is a first attempt in the literature to trace the developmental route from nominal to pronominal reference to person of a Mandarin- English bilingual first language acquirer ‘J’. This progression is seen, longitudinally, in the context of the child’s overall syntactic development from age 1;07 – 4;0, to move, in both languages, through three phases: (i) kinship terms and lack of self-reference (1;07 – 2;0); (ii) nominal reference to self and others (2;0 – 3;0;07); (iii) emergence of first person pronominal reference alongside other self-referential expressions (3;0;07 – 4;0). These and other significant parallels and differences between monolingual and bilingual L1 acquisition in Mandarin and English are documented. Mandarin is the home language spoken by both parents and other family members while English is the language of all other environments. This is different from the one-parent-one-language situation commonly investigated in bilingual L1 acquisition.

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