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Emergence of a Bilingual Grammar: Word Order Differences in Monolingual Basque vs. Bilingual Basque-Spanish Predicative Constructions.
- Source :
- Journal of Language Contact; 2021, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p636-662, 27p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This article compares the monolingual Basque predicative constructions with bilingual Basque-Spanish predicative constructions. The speech data for the study were collected in the Greater Bilbao area of the Basque Country between 2005 and 2012. The results suggest that code-switching may trigger the convergence of predicative constructions and have a significant impact on the general word order patterns. The monolingual predicative constructions in the data mostly follow the canonical Basque SXV word order (~81%), but the bilingual predicative constructions diverge from this word order in that the predicative element is located in a post-verbal position, as in Spanish (~80%). The Spanish lexical elements seem to be strongly associated with the corresponding Spanish construction, the word order of which is then applied to otherwise Basque predicative constructions. I explain the predominance of the Spanish word order in the bilingual constructions by a combination of processing-related factors and sociolinguistic factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MONOLINGUALISM
SPANISH language
BILINGUALISM
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
DATA analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19552629
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Language Contact
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151956323
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/19552629-13030002