Code-Switching in Bilingual Children

The goal of this volume is to prove that mixed utterances in young bilinguals can be analyzed in the same way as adult code-switching. Analyzing a rich corpus of spontaneous child data, the author provides detailed empirical evidence for latest minimalist

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Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics 37

Code-switching in Bilingual Children ฀

CODE-SWITCHING IN BILINGUAL CHILDREN

STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PSYCHOLINGUISTICS VOLUME 37

Managing Editors Lyn Frazier, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Thomas Roeper, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Kenneth Wexler, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT, Cambridge, Mass.

Editorial Board Robert Berwick, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, Mass. Matthew Crocker, Saarland University, Germany Janet Dean Fodor, City University of New York, New York Angela Friederici, Max Planck Institute of Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany Merrill Garrett, University of Arizona, Tucson Lila Gleitman, School of Education, University of Pennsylvania Chris Kennedy, Northwestern University, Illinois Manfred Krifka, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Howard Lasnik, University of Connecticut at Storrs Yukio Otsu, Keio University, Tokyo Andrew Radford, University of Essex, U.K.

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

CODE-SWITCHING IN BILINGUAL CHILDREN by KATJA F. CANTONE University of Bremen, Germany

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ISBN 978-1-4020-5783-0 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-5784-7 (e-book)

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CONTENTS

List of Tables

ix

List of Figures

xi

Acknowledgements

xiii

Note to the reader

xv

Introduction Chapter 1

Chapter 2

xvii Bilingualism and Bilingual First Language Acquisition 1.1 Definitions 1.2 Bilingualism 1.3 Overview of studies on bilingual first language acquisition 1.4 Conclusions Early mixing 2.1 Definitions 2.2 Mixing and the idea of a single language system 2.3 Mixing and the development of the two languages 2.4 Mixing and language dominance or imbalance 2.5 Conclusions

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1 2 4 6 11 13 14 17 21 25 34

vi Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

CONTENTS

The theoretical framework 3.1 Generative grammar and the minimalist program 3.2 Specific notions 3.3 Language acquisition 3.4 Conclusions Code-switching 4.1 Definitions 4.2 Brief overview of socio-linguistic issues concerning code-switching 4.3 Grammatical issues concerning code-switching 4.3.1 Linear order in CS 4.3.2 Government in CS 4.3.3 Functional Heads and CS 4.3.4 Matrix Language and CS 4.3.5 Three processes in the study of CS 4.4 Summary 4.5 The architecture of the bilingual mind 4.6 The fascination of applying MacSwan’s model to bilingual children Data 5.