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Ijaz, I. Helene – Language Learning, 1986
A semantic-relatedness test and a cloze-type/sentence-completion test compared meanings ascribed to spatial prepositions by adult native English and advanced English-as-a-second-language speakers. Non-native speakers differed from native speakers in the semantic boundaries ascribed to the words, with the differences deriving from weighting…
Descriptors: Adults, Cloze Procedure, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Processes

Nicoladis, Elena; Genesee, Fred – Language Learning, 1996
Examined whether there is an earlier developmental stage than 2 years of age when bilingual children do not use their languages in pragmatically differentiated ways. Analyses of recordings of four French-English bilingual children in Canada during free play sessions with their mothers and fathers suggest a stage very early in development when…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)