Language Mixing in the Nominal Phrase: Implications of a Distributed Morphology Perspective

Language Mixing in the Nominal Phrase: Implications of a Distributed Morphology Perspective

This paper investigates a pattern found in Spanish–English mixed language corpora whereby it is common to switch from a Spanish determiner to an English noun (e.g., la house, ‘the house’), but rare to switch from an English determiner to a Spanish noun (e.g., the casa, ‘the house’). Unlike previous...

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Main Author: Michèle Burkholder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Languages
Subjects:
Distributed Morphology
language mixing
nominal phrase
Spanish–English
French–English
analogical criterion
age of acquisition
language dominance
bilingualism
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/3/2/10

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