Comprehension and production of non-canonical word orders in Mandarin-speaking child heritage speakers

IF 1.8 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Linguistic Approaches To Bilingualism Pub Date : 2021-11-16 DOI:10.1075/lab.20096.hao
Jiuzhou Hao, Vasiliki Chondrogianni
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Abstract

Across languages, structures with non-canonical word order have been shown to be problematic for both child and adult heritage speakers. To investigate the linguistic and child-level factors that modulate heritage speakers’ difficulties with non-canonical word orders, we examined the comprehension and production of three Mandarin non-canonical structures in 5- to 9-year-old Mandarin-English heritage children and compared them to age-matched Mandarin-speaking monolingual children and adults. Specifically, we examined how linguistic properties, such as linear word order, presence or absence of morphosyntactic cues, and surface structural overlap between languages, as well as child-level factors, such as chronological age and current home language use affect the acquisition of non-canonical structures in heritage children and their monolingual peers. Results showed that although heritage children could use morphosyntactic cues, they did not show monolingual-level sensitivity to passive-related morphology. Additionally, children produced more canonical SVO word order, which is shared between English and Mandarin, and preferred the reverse interpretations of non-canonical structures in comprehension. These responses were taken as evidence for cross-linguistic influence from the majority to the minority language. Finally, although non-canonical structures caused difficulties for child heritage speakers, their performance was modulated by structure and improved with age, over and above heritage language use.
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普通话儿童母语者非规范语序的理解与产生
在各种语言中,非规范语序的结构对儿童和成年人来说都是有问题的。为了研究语言和儿童水平因素对传统说话者非规范语序的影响,我们研究了5- 9岁中英传统儿童对三种普通话非规范结构的理解和产生,并将其与年龄匹配的汉语单语儿童和成人进行了比较。具体来说,我们研究了语言特性,如线性词序、形态句法线索的存在或缺失、语言之间的表面结构重叠,以及儿童层面的因素,如实足年龄和当前的母语使用,如何影响传统儿童及其单语同龄人非规范结构的习得。结果表明,虽然传统儿童可以使用形态句法线索,但他们对被动相关形态不表现出单语水平的敏感性。此外,儿童产生了英语和普通话共同的规范SVO语序,并且在理解中倾向于对非规范结构的反向解释。这些反应被认为是从多数语言到少数语言的跨语言影响的证据。最后,尽管非规范结构给儿童传统语言使用者带来了困难,但他们的表现受到结构的调节,并随着年龄的增长而提高,超过传统语言的使用。
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Linguistic Approaches To Bilingualism
Linguistic Approaches To Bilingualism Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language
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期刊介绍: LAB provides an outlet for cutting-edge, contemporary studies on bilingualism. LAB assumes a broad definition of bilingualism, including: adult L2 acquisition, simultaneous child bilingualism, child L2 acquisition, adult heritage speaker competence, L1 attrition in L2/Ln environments, and adult L3/Ln acquisition. LAB solicits high quality articles of original research assuming any cognitive science approach to understanding the mental representation of bilingual language competence and performance, including cognitive linguistics, emergentism/connectionism, generative theories, psycholinguistic and processing accounts, and covering typical and atypical populations.
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