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Article: Inter-sentential code-switching and language dominance in Cantonese-English bilingual children
Title | Inter-sentential code-switching and language dominance in Cantonese-English bilingual children |
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Authors | |
Keywords | code-switching code-mixing language dominance Cantonese-English bilingual bilingual children |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JMBS |
Citation | Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, 2020, v. 2 n. 1, p. 73-105 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper examines the relationship between language dominance and the under-investigated topic of inter-sentential code-switching in Hong Kong Cantonese–English bilingual children. Longitudinal data for six children showing different dominance patterns were analysed. MLU differentials (Yip & Matthews, 2006) were adopted to measure dominance based on five criteria: methodological compatibility, typological comparability, gradient measurement, variance validity, and multifaceted compatibility. Our results showed that bilingual children produced more inter-sentential code-switching in the context of their non-dominant language and less in their dominant-language context. We account for this asymmetry in relation to mechanisms of inhibitory control (Gross & Kaushanskaya, 2015). Further, we propose that intrasentential and inter-sentential code-switching each have a different status in bilingual children’s developing grammar, underlining the methodological importance of separating the two constructs in future investigations. We also suggest that, in societies where intra-sentential code-switching is a social norm, inter-sentential code-switching could serve as signs of early bilinguals’ dominance status. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/289096 |
ISSN | 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.189 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lam, CF | - |
dc.contributor.author | Matthews, S | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-22T08:07:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-22T08:07:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, 2020, v. 2 n. 1, p. 73-105 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2631-8407 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/289096 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the relationship between language dominance and the under-investigated topic of inter-sentential code-switching in Hong Kong Cantonese–English bilingual children. Longitudinal data for six children showing different dominance patterns were analysed. MLU differentials (Yip & Matthews, 2006) were adopted to measure dominance based on five criteria: methodological compatibility, typological comparability, gradient measurement, variance validity, and multifaceted compatibility. Our results showed that bilingual children produced more inter-sentential code-switching in the context of their non-dominant language and less in their dominant-language context. We account for this asymmetry in relation to mechanisms of inhibitory control (Gross & Kaushanskaya, 2015). Further, we propose that intrasentential and inter-sentential code-switching each have a different status in bilingual children’s developing grammar, underlining the methodological importance of separating the two constructs in future investigations. We also suggest that, in societies where intra-sentential code-switching is a social norm, inter-sentential code-switching could serve as signs of early bilinguals’ dominance status. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JMBS | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech | - |
dc.subject | code-switching | - |
dc.subject | code-mixing | - |
dc.subject | language dominance | - |
dc.subject | Cantonese-English bilingual | - |
dc.subject | bilingual children | - |
dc.title | Inter-sentential code-switching and language dominance in Cantonese-English bilingual children | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Matthews, S: matthews@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Matthews, S=rp01207 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1558/jmbs.13308 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85123846784 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 315890 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 73 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 105 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |