RT info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis
T1 The code-switching phenomenon in early english-german bilinguals. Language dominance and gender concord reflection in lexical functional mixed DPs
A1 Arranz Ortega, Sofía
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Language acquisition
K1 Determiner Phrase
K1 Code-switching
K1 English-German bilinguals
K1 Language dominance
K1 Gender concord
K1 Adquisición del lenguaje
K1 Sintagma determinante
K1 Alternancia de código lingüístico
K1 Bilingües inglés/alemán
K1 Dominancia del lenguaje
K1 Concordancia de género
AB The increase of bilingualism has risen varied linguistic phenomena characterized by theblend of languages. This dissertation explores the code-switching phenomenon reflectedin English-German switched Determiner Phrases (DPs). The data under analysis resultfrom successive English-German bilinguals between 7 and 10 years of age. The participants, living in Dublin, are enrolled in a German curricular stream and they are asked to judge switched utterances in an acquisition jugdement task (AJT). The purpose is to determine their preference to form the switched DPs. Furthermore, we pay special attention to the acceptability of the gender values in German Det. + English noun DPs, following the analogical criretion or the masculine as default option strategy. Results reveal the languages and German gender values representation in the mind of these bilinguals.
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/25627
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/25627
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 17-ago-2024