Traces of An Early Learned Second Language in Discontinued Bilingualism
Can an early learned second language influence speech production after living many years in an exclusively monolingual environment? To address this issue, we investigated the consequences of discontinued early bilingualism in heritage speakers who moved abroad and switched language dominance from th...
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Published in | Language learning Vol. 66; no. S2; pp. 210 - 233 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.09.2016
Wiley-Blackwell Wiley |
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Summary: | Can an early learned second language influence speech production after living many years in an exclusively monolingual environment? To address this issue, we investigated the consequences of discontinued early bilingualism in heritage speakers who moved abroad and switched language dominance from the second to the primary learned language. We used two fluency tasks to compare European Portuguese monolinguals with early European Portuguese‐French bilinguals who no longer use French. The occurrence of cognate words in retrieval performance was used as an index for the influence of the early learned second language (French). Results showed that bilinguals used more cognates than noncognates relative to monolinguals. Also, monolinguals and bilinguals produced the same number of responses in the fluency tasks, and the produced words were of similar frequency. Our findings highlight that early learning of a second language, even when discontinued, plays a lasting role for word selection. |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/WNG-ZSVMNCLG-M Aix-Marseille Université istex:29B21D0AC2078F6B90BD1B4174CC1749E935BBD4 European Research Council - No. FP7/2007-2013, 263575 ArticleID:LANG12199 Brain and Language Research Institute - No. ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02 LABEX - No. ANR-11-LABX-0036 This research was supported by the European Research Council (FP7/2007‐2013 Grant number 263575), the Brain and Language Research Institute (A*MIDEX grant ANR‐11‐IDEX‐0001‐02, LABEX grant ANR‐11‐LABX‐0036), and the Féderation de Recherche 3C (Aix‐Marseille Université). |
ISSN: | 0023-8333 1467-9922 |
DOI: | 10.1111/lang.12199 |