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Monner, Derek; Vatz, Karen; Morini, Giovanna; Hwang, So-One; DeKeyser, Robert – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2013
To investigate potential causes of L2 performance deficits that correlate with age of onset, we use a computational model to explore the individual contributions of L1 entrenchment and aspects of memory development. Since development and L1 entrenchment almost invariably coincide, studying them independently is seldom possible in humans. To avoid…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Grammar
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Kim, Ji-Hye; Montrul, Silvina; Yoon, James – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2010
This study investigates how the dominant language of Korean heritage speakers (English) influences Korean (minority language) in the domain of binding interpretations by comparing the performance of Korean immigrants in English dominant context with that of incomplete learners of Korean and L2 learners of Korean. Four groups (10 Korean immigrants,…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Linguistic Theory, Korean Americans, Native Speakers
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Sanchez, Liliana – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2004
In this paper, I present an exploratory study on cross-linguistic interference among Quechua-Spanish bilingual children living in a language contact situation. The study focuses on convergence in the tense, aspectual and evidentiality systems of the two languages. While in Quechua past tense features are strongly linked to evidentiality in the…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Grammar, Monolingualism, Interference (Language)