Infant bilingualism and the Pro-drop parameter

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dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-21T21:04:58Z
dc.date.available2016-06-21T21:04:58Z
dc.date.issued1999-01
dc.description.abstractNo research has been done to assess the occurrence of null and overt subjects in young bilinguals simultaneously acquiring a [+pro-drop] and a [-pro-drop] language. Previous research indicates that monolinguals set the pro-drop parameter at a very early age. Failure to use null and overt subjects language appropriately in this population can be attributed to performance, rather than competence, factors. Research also indicates that bilingual language acquisition is neither significantly qualitatively nor quantitatively different from monolingual language acquisition. However, code-mixing is a phenomenon that characterizes bilingual acquisition. Syntactic code-mixing is extremely rare. Code-mixing does not stem from a lack of language differentiation (the Unitary Language Hypothesis) but is instead attributable to factors such as language dominance, stage of development and sociolinguistic factors. As such, it is predicted that young bilinguals simultaneously acquiring a [+pro-drop] and a [-pro-drop] language will have similar levels of null and overt subjects to monolinguals acquiring each type of language. However, syntactic code-mixing may lead to a slightly higher incidence of null subjects in the [-pro-drop] language than in monolinguals acquiring this type of language. It is proposed that a longitudinal study be carried out to test these predictions.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationAndrews, E. (1999). Infant bilingualism and the Pro-drop parameter. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 21(Winter), 14-25.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28951
dc.identifier.issn2371-2643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51432
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLinguisticsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectLanguage acquisitionen_US
dc.subjectBilingualismen_US
dc.titleInfant bilingualism and the Pro-drop parameteren_US
dc.typejournal article
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