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ERIC Number: EJ969093
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Apr
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1366-7289
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Cross-Linguistic Influence in French-English Bilingual Children's Possessive Constructions
Nicoladis, Elena
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, v15 n2 p320-328 Apr 2012
The purpose of this article was to test the predictions of a speech production model of cross-linguistic influence in French-English bilingual children. A speech production model predicts bidirectional influence (i.e., bilinguals' greater use of periphrastic constructions like the hat of the dog relative to monolinguals in English and reversed possessive constructions like *chien chapeau to refer to a dog's hat). In contrast, other explanations predict unidirectional influence from French to English. Possessive constructions were elicited from preschool French-English bilingual children as well as preschool French and English monolinguals within the same age range. The results showed bidirectional influence, consistent with a speech production model.
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Language: English
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