TY - JOUR

T1 - Cross-Linguistic Influence on L2 Before and After Extreme Reduction in Input

T2 - The Case of Japanese Returnee Children

AU - Kubota, Maki

AU - Heycock, Caroline

AU - Sorace, Antonella

AU - Rothman, Jason

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Copyright © 2020 Kubota, Heycock, Sorace and Rothman.

PY - 2020/9/18

Y1 - 2020/9/18

N2 - This study investigates the choice of genitive forms (the woman’s book vs. the book of the woman) in the English of Japanese-English bilingual returnees (i.e., children who returned from a second language dominant environment to their first language environment). The specific aim was to examine whether change in language dominance/exposure influences choice of genitive form in the bilingual children; the more general question was the extent to which observed behavior can be explained by cross linguistic influence (CLI). First, we compared the choice of genitive form between monolingual English speakers and bilinguals who had recently returned to Japan from an English speaking environment. Second, we tracked changes in genitive preference within bilingual children, comparing their performances upon return to Japan to those of one year later. Results show that CLI alone is insufficient to explain the difference in genitive evaluation between bilinguals and monolinguals, as well as the intra-group bilingual variation over time. We suggest that both CLI and general processing considerations couple together to influence the changes in genitive preference.

AB - This study investigates the choice of genitive forms (the woman’s book vs. the book of the woman) in the English of Japanese-English bilingual returnees (i.e., children who returned from a second language dominant environment to their first language environment). The specific aim was to examine whether change in language dominance/exposure influences choice of genitive form in the bilingual children; the more general question was the extent to which observed behavior can be explained by cross linguistic influence (CLI). First, we compared the choice of genitive form between monolingual English speakers and bilinguals who had recently returned to Japan from an English speaking environment. Second, we tracked changes in genitive preference within bilingual children, comparing their performances upon return to Japan to those of one year later. Results show that CLI alone is insufficient to explain the difference in genitive evaluation between bilinguals and monolinguals, as well as the intra-group bilingual variation over time. We suggest that both CLI and general processing considerations couple together to influence the changes in genitive preference.

KW - cross-linguistic influence

KW - genitive (possessive) relations

KW - Japanese returnees

KW - longitudinal study

KW - verb argument construction

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091932802&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.560874

DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.560874

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 33071885

AN - SCOPUS:85091932802

VL - 11

SP - 560874

JO - Frontiers in Psychology

JF - Frontiers in Psychology

SN - 1664-1078

M1 - 560874

ER -