NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 9 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Roberge, Yves – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2012
Poplack, Zentz and Dion (PZD; Poplack, Zentz & Dion, 2011, this issue) examine the often unquestioned assumption that the existence of preposition stranding (PS) in Canadian French is linked to the presence of a contact situation with English in the North American context. Although this issue has been the topic of previous research from a…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Speech, Form Classes (Languages), French
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Thomason, Sarah G. – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2011
Jurgen Meisel argues that "grammatical variation...can be described...in terms of parametric variation", and--crucially for his arguments in this paper--that "parameter settings do not change across the lifespan". To this extent he adopts the standard generative view, but he then departs from what he calls "the literature on historical…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Diachronic Linguistics, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schmitz, Katrin; Muller, Natascha – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2008
The present article investigates the acquisition of the pronominal systems by French and Italian monolingual children and by bilingual German-French and German-Italian children, demonstrating a stable asymmetry: object and reflexive clitics are acquired later than nominative clitics and strong subject and object pronouns. We will widen the scope…
Descriptors: Language Research, Form Classes (Languages), Monolingualism, French
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sera, Maria D. – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2008
Studies of copular forms are extremely relevant to issues in philosophy, psychology, and linguistics. Psychologists have recently argued that the most distinctive aspect of human language is its combinatorial nature (e.g., Gentner, 2003; Spelke, 2003). They argue that this linguistic component might be what separates human from animal cognition.…
Descriptors: Semantics, Psychologists, Linguistics, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Montrul, Silvina – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2008
Any person who has taught Spanish as a second language or who has interacted with a non-native speaker of Spanish can easily tell that mastering the correct use of the copulas "ser" and "estar" is very difficult in both spoken and written production. But L2 learners are not alone. The Spanish copulas also present difficulty and frustration for L2…
Descriptors: Semantics, Syntax, Morphology (Languages), Linguistics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bickerton, Derek – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2004
As an occasional visitor to the land of SLA, I found myself somewhat mystified by the approach of Truscott and Sharwood Smith (henceforth TSS). Unless I have totally misunderstood them, they are arguing against the separate existence of both a Language Acquisition Device (LAD) and a Universal Grammar (UG). But who ever thought they were two?…
Descriptors: Syntax, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory, Grammar
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Herschensohn, Julia – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2004
This keynote article proposes a new model of language development based on processing, the sole mechanism of acquisition for the Acquisition by Processing Theory (APT). The language module--adapted from Jackendoff's distinction between integration (building complex structures) and interface (facilitating information transfer at the intersections…
Descriptors: Syntax, Information Transfer, Memory, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ayoun, Dalila; Haider, Hubert; Hawkins, Roger; Hulk, Aafke; Meechan, Marjory; O'Neil, Wayne; Yang, Charles D. – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1999
Seven peer commentaries are included in response to an article on the notion that a narrow kind of bilingualism exists within every language and is present whenever two properties exist in a language that are not statable within a single grammar. This theoretical bilingualism is defined in terms of the minimalist theory of syntax presented by…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Language Universals
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Roeper, Thomas – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1999
Responds to peer comments on an article the author wrote on theoretical bilingualism--a narrow kind of bilingualism exists within every language and is present whenever two properties exist in a language that are not statable within a single grammar. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Language Universals