In-Between Languages: Language Shift/Maintenance in Childhood Bilingualism  

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Bolonyai, Agnes

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Bilingualism (Full Text) vol. 2 no. 1 (Mar. 1998), page 21-43.
Topik: language shift; maintenance; attrition; simultaneous bilingual
Fulltext: 21-43.pdf (1.55MB)

Isi artikel

This paper examines structural consequences of intensive language contact on simultaneous LI and L2 child language development in an L2-dominant environment. Based on the assumption that structural processcs in language contact are operating at and determined by abstract complex lexical structure, various structural configurations in bilingual speech (e.g., codeswitching, convergence, and a Composite hlatrix Language) are explained in temis of three levels of abstract lexical structure: the lexical-conceptual structure, predicate-argument structure, and morphological realization patterns. Empirical evidence from Hungarian/English bilingual speech demonstrates that as a result of a turnover in the hlatrix Language abstract lexical structure can be ‘‘split’’ and “recombined” in such a way that surface structure is projected by an underlying grammatical system nhich is a composite. Prevalent changes and patterns of linguistic structure are interpreted in relation to ongoing lansuage shift to L2, or L1 maintenance/attrition

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