Aspects of the Phonology of Spanish as a Heritage Language: from Incomplete Acquisition to Transfer
| Autor: | Conxita Lleó |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Place of articulation Phonology 06 humanities and the arts Language and Linguistics language.human_language Linguistics Education German Heritage language 0602 languages and literature Assimilation (phonology) language Lenition Psychology Competence (human resources) Neuroscience of multilingualism |
| Zdroj: | Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 21:732-747 |
| ISSN: | 1469-1841 1366-7289 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1366728917000165 |
| Popis: | The present study analyzes percentages of target-like production of Spanish spirantization and assimilation of coda nasals place of articulation, in three groups of bilingual children simultaneously acquiring German and Spanish: two very young groups, one living in Germany and another one in Spain, and a group of 7-year-old bilinguals from Germany. There were monolingual Spanish and monolingual German control groups. The comparison between groups shows that the Spanish of bilinguals is different from that of monolinguals; and the Spanish of bilinguals in Germany is different from that of bilinguals in Spain. Results lead to the conclusion that the Spanish competence of the bilinguals from Germany is still incomplete, and influenced by transfer of the majority language (German). Only bilingual children living in Germany show influence of the majority language onto the heritage language, whereas transfer does not operate on the Spanish competence of the bilingual children from Spain. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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