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TY - JOUR
T1 - Language and thought in a multilingual context
T2 - the case of isiXhosa
AU - Bylund, Emanuel
AU - Athanasopoulos, Panos
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - Situated within the grammatical aspect approach to motion event cognition, this study takes a first step in investigating language and thought in functional multilinguals by studying L1 isiXhosa speakers living in South Africa. IsiXhosa being a non-aspect language, the study investigates how the knowledge and use of additional languages with grammatical aspect influence cognition of endpoint-oriented motion events among L1 isiXhosa speakers. Results from a triads-matching task show that participants who often used aspect languages and had greater exposure to English in primary education were less prone to rely on endpoints when categorising motion events.
AB - Situated within the grammatical aspect approach to motion event cognition, this study takes a first step in investigating language and thought in functional multilinguals by studying L1 isiXhosa speakers living in South Africa. IsiXhosa being a non-aspect language, the study investigates how the knowledge and use of additional languages with grammatical aspect influence cognition of endpoint-oriented motion events among L1 isiXhosa speakers. Results from a triads-matching task show that participants who often used aspect languages and had greater exposure to English in primary education were less prone to rely on endpoints when categorising motion events.
KW - linguistic relativity
KW - motion events
KW - grammatical aspect
KW - multilingualism
KW - isiXhosa
U2 - 10.1017/S1366728913000503
DO - 10.1017/S1366728913000503
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 431
EP - 441
JO - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
JF - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
SN - 1366-7289
IS - 2
ER -