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Marian, Viorica; Kaushanskaya, Margarita – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2007
Cross-linguistic borrowing (overt use of words from the other language) and transfer (use of semantic or syntactic structures from the other language without active switching to that language) were examined during language production in Russian-English bilinguals. Grammatical category (noun/verb) and level of concreteness were found to influence…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Linguistic Borrowing, Semantics, Verbs
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Verhoeven, Ludo Th.; Boeschoten, Hendrik E. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1986
First-language acquisition of Turkish 4- to 8-year-olds in a Dutch submersion environment in the Netherlands was studied. Investigation of the development of lexical, morphosyntactic, and pragmatic abilities and comparison with children in Turkey suggested that the acquisition of first-language skills by Turkish children in the Netherlands is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dutch, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students