Quechua-Spanish Bilingualism
Interference and convergence in functional categories
| Rutgers University
This book addresses how cross-linguistic interference is represented in the bilingual mind. Examining novel oral production data from older bilingual children representing two Quechua varieties, this research concludes that interference in the feature specification of functional categories leads to language change in a language contact situation, and links convergence, a common set of feature values for the same functional category in both languages to the activation of features related to the informational structure of the sentence. These mechanisms are illustrated in detail by the presence of overt determiners, canonical SVO word order and the absence of accusative marking in bilingual Quechua and by neutralization of case and gender distinctions in direct object pronouns as well as in the emergence of null pronouns with definite antecedents in bilingual Spanish.
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 35] 2003. x, 189 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
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ix–x
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1. The acquisition of functional categories in bilinguals
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1–16
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2. The direct object system of Quechua and Spanish
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17–64
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3. Bilinguals in a language contact situation
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65–84
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4. A turtle is looking at a toad: Functional interference and convergence in bilingual Quechua
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85–113
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5. The frog is looking at Phi-features: Functional convergence in bilingual Spanish
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115–153
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6. Conclusions
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155–158
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Appendix
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159–175
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Bibliography
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177–184
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Index
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185–187
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“This exceptional book blends theoretical explanation and empirical evidence in a seamless web. It not only provides a uniquely new and precisely analyzed data set on Quechua-Spanish bilingualism, but also offers an elegant new theory on a source of language change. Its many discoveries and insights will surely recommend it to a wide audience, ranging across many subfields including Bilingualism, First and Second Language Acquisition, Language Contact and Linguistic Theory.”
Barbara Lust, Cornell University
“A very interesting study. It compares two communities, makes use of explicit elicitation techniques, and the theoretical analysis is very careful.”
Pieter Muysken, University of Nijmegen
“This work is a strong contribution to the fields of language contact and syntactic convergence. Although the scope of the book is clearly a syntactic analysis, this work is a useful tool for those interested in brushing up on certain aspects of either Spanish or Quechua grammar.”
Michael Shelton, The Pennsylvania State University on Linguist List 15.1975, 2004
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Subjects
BIC Subject: CFDC – Language acquisition
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General