Mixed utterances reflect the same amount of syntactic structure as monolingual utterances in the weaker language at the same recording¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? The weaker-language parts of code-mixed utterances show the same syntactic structure as pure utterances in that language in the same recording session. → Bernardini 2004

Evidence¶

Bernardini 2004¶

Bernardini, P., & Schlyter, S. (2004). Growing syntactic structure and code-mixing in the weaker language: The Ivy Hypothesis. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 7(1), 49-69. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728904001270

q3 · i? · associational · r1

Longitudinal study of five Swedish-French/Italian bilingual children aged 2-4, comparing constituent types in mixed versus pure utterances per recording. The authors report that "the code-mixed utterances reflected as much syntactic structure of each language as was used in monolingual utterances in the same recording."

"The parts of the code-mixed utterances reflected as much syntactic structure of each language as was used in monolingual utterances in the same recording of each child."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The Ivy Hypothesis differs from the Dominant Language Hypothesis and Bilingual Bootstrapping Hypothesis in developmental scope and hierarchical prediction — related
• Code-mixing decreases and ceases as the weaker language syntactic structure develops to CP level — related
• Vocabulary is poorer in the weaker language, with roughly one-third the word types of the stronger language — related
• Children with uneven bilingual development prefer the stronger language and mix sentence-internally mainly in weaker-language interactions — related
• The amount of input in each language is related to syntactic development and language dominance — related