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Su Fang; Xue-yi Huang; Xin Chang – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2024
In order to better understand the role of syntactic similarity in a code-switched sentence, the current study explored the effect of similar and different syntactic structures on Chinese-English bilinguals' intra-sentential switching costs. L2 proficiency and switching directions as factors that potentially intervene in bilingual performance were…
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kapantzoglou, Maria; Brown, Julie Esparza; Cycyk, Lauren M.; Fergadiotis, Gerasimos – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: This study examined the frequency of code-switching by Spanish-English-speaking children as a function of language proficiency in each language and diagnosis (developmental language disorder [DLD] or typical language development [TLD]). Method: Sixty-two Spanish-English-speaking children, 5-7 years of age, participated in this study (24…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingual Students, Spanish, English
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Ng, Chi Wui – Journal of English as an International Language, 2018
Code-mixing, which denotes switches between languages as well as a phenomenon reflecting grammars of both languages in interpersonal interactions simultaneously, is a universal language-contact phenomenon present in both individual bilingualism and societal bilingualism, and individual differences exist in both frequency and complexity of…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Grammar, Interaction, Bilingualism
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Gonzalez Lopez, Veronica – Second Language Research, 2012
The present study examines the production outcomes of late second language (L2) learners in order to determine if the mechanisms that allow the creation of phonetic categories remains available during the lifespan, as the Speech Language Model (SLM) claims. In addition, the study focuses on the type of interaction that exists between the first…
Descriptors: Sentences, Articulation (Speech), Phonetics, Code Switching (Language)
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Kootstra, Gerrit Jan; van Hell, Janet G.; Dijkstra, Ton – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2012
In two experiments, we tested the role of lexical repetition, cognates, and second language (L2) proficiency in the priming of code-switches, using the structural priming technique. Dutch-English bilinguals repeated a code-switched prime sentence (starting in Dutch and ending in English) and then described a target picture by means of a…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Priming, Word Recognition, Language Proficiency
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Castro Garcés, Angela Yicely; López Olivera, Silvio Fabián – HOW, 2014
This paper reports on the findings of a research study carried out in the Bachelor of Arts in English program of study at a Colombian university. It aims at identifying the communication strategies used by four pre-service English teachers with A2 and B2 levels of language proficiency and, also, at examining how these communication strategies…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Preservice Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English Teachers