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LanguageA)ri,onandLanguageTransmission?

SilvinaMontrul

3rdInterna1onalConferenceonLanguageA8ri1onUniversityofEssex,July5-7,2016

IdealizedRouteofNa,veLanguageDevelopment

•  Basic vocabulary •  Inflectional

morphology •  Simple and

complex syntax/semantics

•  Implicit learning

•  Reading/metalinguistic awareness •  Abstract vocabulary •  Complex syntax, semantics

pragmatics •  Registers

BilingualismandMigra,on•  Thechildrenofimmigrants—heritagespeakers—exposedtotwolanguagesfrombirthorinearlychildhooddonotalwaysa)ainfulllinguis,ccompetenceintheirfamilylanguagewhentheyreachadulthood.

•  Adultswithmorethantenyearsofimmersioninasecondlanguageenvironment(immigrants)canexperiencefirstlanguagea)ri,on,namelyforgeQnglexicalandgramma1calaspectsoftheirna1velanguage.

Outline

1.  Intergenera1onalLanguageLoss2.TheProblem:CanL1a8ri1oninadultsaffectheritagelanguagedevelopment?3.Thestateofmyanswer

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AgeeffectsinL1A)ri,on(Bylund2009,Montrul2008)

ageproficiency

high

low

younger older

foreign adoptees

simultaneous bilinguals

sequential bilinguals

adult L2 learners (1st generation immigrants)

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L1a)ri,oninAdults

•  Ageofimmigra1oninadulthood(1stgenera1onimmigrants)

•  Morethan10yearsofresidenceinL2environment.

•  DegreeofuseofL1varies(fromnousetosomeuse)

•  DegreeofL2proficiencyvaries(fromnear-na1vestonon-na1ves)

Idealizeda)ri,onofthena,velanguageinadults

before immigration after immigration

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Morphosyntax

Keijzer(2007):StudyofDutchimmigrantsinOntarioCanada

•  3groups:adultL1a8riters,L1acquirers(13-yearolds),Dutchcontrol

•  15gramma1calfeatures(includingverbalandnominalmorphology,V2,passives,subordina1on)

•  Differentelicita1onmeasures

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Keijer(2007)

Errorsinthisstudy—asinmostothera8ri1onstudiesofadulta8ri1on—wereminimal,butwhena8ested,errorsaffectedmorphologymorethansyntax.

“Atnopointweredrama.cchangesperceivedinthea4ri.onofDutchinDutchCanadianémigrés”(Keijzer2007,p.266).

Schmidt&Hopp(2014):ForeignAccent

Schmid(2014)

•  GermanNPmorphology•  Case•  Gender•  Plural•  VPmorphology•  Wordorder(V2)

Results:NPmorphology

Results:VPandWordOrder

SchmidandJarvis(2014)

•  Lexicalaccess(psycholinguis1cexperiments)•  Lexicaldiversity(speechsamples)•  Dysfluencyphenomena(speechsamples)Istheproblemofa8ri1onatthelexicalretrieval(ac1va1onthreshold)levelorattheproduc1onlevel(cogni1veinhibi1on/control)?

Par,cipants

159Na1vespeakersofGerman53emigratedtoCanada53emigratedtotheNetherlands53wereresidentsofGermanyandhadlivedinGermanyalltheirlives

Children

•  Havenotreachedlinguis1cmaturityandmastery.

•  Incompleteacquisi.onora4ri.on?

•  A)ri,onassumesthatsomethingwasacquiredandthenweakenedorlost.

•  Incompleteacquisi,onassumesthatsomethingwasnotfullyacquiredormasteredinthefirstplace.

IncreaseinErrorRates

18ErrorRateswithGenderAgreementinSpanish(Anderson1999)

Silva-Corvalán(2014)

•  StudyoftwosimultaneousSpanish-Englishbilingualsiblingsfromage1-6.(hergrandchildren)

•  OnlyoneparentspokeSpanish(father)andalwaysaddressedthechildreninSpanish.

•  TAMsystem•  Copulas•  Subjectexpression

AmountofInputintheTwoLanguages

Findings•  Thesiblings’developingknowledgeofverbsandverb

tensesuptoabouttheageof4;0iscomparabletothatofmonolingualchildrenintheirrespec1velanguages.

•  ThesiblingsshowfulldevelopmentofEnglishcomplextensesbyage6.

•  Complextenses(perfecttenses,condi1onal,subjunc1ve)donotdevelopnSpanish,theweakerlanguageanerage3.

•  Thesiblingsshowincompleteacquisi,onoftheverbalsystemofSpanishbyage6:theoldersiblingismoreproficientthantheyoungersibling.

Summary

•  A8ri1oninadultsatthemorphosyntac1clevelisrareandminor.

•  Itcouldbeprocessingeffects.•  A8ri1oninchildrenaffectsthedevelopinglinguis1ccompetence(notjustprocessing)

Intergenera,onalBilingualism

Proficiency in the two languages

Spanish English 1 gen. parents strong (dominant) weaker

2 gen. children Same-weaker Same- stronger

3 gen. grandchildren Very weak to none Very strong

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LanguageShi_withSpanishintheUSA

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parents1stgenera1on

children2ndgenera1on

grandchildren3rdgenera1on

SpanishDominant

Bilingual

EnglishDominant

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AdultHeritageSpeakers

•  Casesofunbalancedearlybilingualism(evenwhenthetwoparentsspeakthemajoritylanguageathome).

•  CasesofsuccessfulL2acquisi1onbutofincompleteL1acquisi1on.

•  Theydisplaynon-uniformlevelsofproficiencyandmanyofthepa8ernsfoundinL2acquisi1on

HL L1

HL

ML ML

ML

Variation in HL proficiency in heritage speakers in the United States

HL

HL ML

ML = English HL = Spanish/Japanese/Russian/Hindi . . .

LanguageLearning

Duringthepre-schoolyears,childrenacquiretheirna1velanguage(s),andthebasicstructuralfounda1onisassumedtobeinplace.Toachievena1velanguageproficiencyormasteryisalongprocessofdevelopmentfrombirthtoadulthood(Berman2004).

Unbalanceddevelopmentinsimultaneousbilinguals

School-ageperiod

Languageshi_insequen,albilinguals

Gramma,calcompetenceofadultheritagespeakers

•  Theheritagelanguagetendstobetheweakerlanguage.

•  Structuralchangeswithrespecttothegrammarsofage-matchedmonolingualsincountryoforiginandwithrespecttoparentalgenera1onofadultimmigrants.

•  Differencesinphonology,syntax,morphology,seman1cs,interfaces,etc.

Somepoten,alreasonsforstructuralchangesinadultHeritageSpeakers

•  Insufficientinputanduse•  Changesinfrequency•  Dominantlanguagetransfer•  Incompleteacquisi1on•  A8ri1on•  Exposuretodifferentinput,i.e.“a)rited”variety?

•  Alloftheabove?

Thestudy

Differen1alObjectMarking(DOM)inSpanish,HindiandRomanianheritagespeakersintheUnitedStates.

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Acknowledgements

•  Na1onalScienceFounda1ongrantARRA#09175939(withRakeshBha8andRoxanaGirju)

•  ResearchAssistantsArchnaBha0a VandanaPuriKirstenHope VanesaHernándezLauraRomani FranciscaMedranoNatalieToomey LuminitaMarcus

NoeliaSánchez-Walker AndreeaFaurRalucaKim BogdanBuricea

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SpanishDOM=preposi,onaanimateobject inanimateobject

specific 1.Juanvioalamujer. 3.Juanviolapelícula.

2.*Juanviolamujer. 4.*Juanvioalapelícula.

“Juansawthewoman.” “Juansawthemovie.”

non-specific 5.Juanvioaunamujer. 7.Juanviounacarrera.

(op1onal) 6.Juanviounamujer. 8.*Juanvioaunacarrera.

“Juansawawoman” “Juansawarace”

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HindiDOM:postposi,onkoanimateobject inanimateobject

specific 1.Mira-neRamesh-kodekhaa 2.Mira-nevahghardekhaa

Mira-ErgRamesh-DOMsaw Mira-Ergthathousesaw

3.*Mira-neRameshdekhaa 4.Mira-neusghar-kodekhaa

Mira-ErgRamesh saw Mira-Ergthathouse-DOMsaw

“MirasawRamesh” “Mirasawthathouse”

OPTIONAL

non-specific

5.?Miraneaadmi-kodekhaa 6.Mira-neekghardekhaa

Mira-Ergman-DOMsaw Mira-Ergahousesaw7.Miraneaadmidekhaa 8.*Miraneekghar-kodekhaaMira-Ergmansaw Mira-Ergahouse-DOMsaw“Mirasawaman” “Mirasawahouse” 35

Similari,esbetweenSpanishandHindi

DOMisthesamemarkerastheobligatoryda1vecasemarkerofindirectobjectsandda1vesubjects.

Spanish Hindi

Indirectobjects

JuandiounlibroaMaríaJuangaveabooktoMaria“JuangaveabooktoMaria.”

Rakesh-neSitakokitaabdii.Rakesh-ergSita-datbookgave“RakeshgaveabooktoSita.”

Da,vesubjects

AJuanlegustaesaniña.datJuancllikesthatgirl“Juanlikesthatgirl.”

Rakesh-kovahlaRkiipasandhaiRakesh-datthatgirllikes“Rakeshlikesthatgirl.”

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3studies

•  Spanish•  Hindi•  RomanianTargetpopula1on:2ndgenera1onimmigrantsintheUnitedStates

US-bornSpanish,HindiandRomanianSpanish,HindiandRomanianchildimmigrants

Methodologicalchallenge

Whoistherightcontrolgrouporbaselineforheritagespeakers?

A.  Theirparents’genera1on(adultfirstgenera1onimmigrants)intheUS?

B.  Theiragepeersinthecountryoforigin?C.  Theirparents’peersinthecountryoforigin?

OverallResearchDesign

USgroups•  Simultaneousbilingualheritagespeakers•  Sequen1albilingualheritagespeakers•  Adultimmigrants(40-60yearolds)Mexico,IndiaandRomaniaGroups•  Agematchedna1vespeakersincountryoforigin(18-25yearolds)

•  Adultsincountryoforigin(40-60yearolds)

ScreeningInstruments

•  6-pagelinguis1cprofileques1onnaireforeachlanguage(ageofonsetofbilingualism,languageofparents,levelofeduca.on,pa4ernsoflanguageuseinchildhood,elementaryschool,middleschool,highschool,present,self-ra.ngsineachlanguageques.onaboutaBtudetowardlanguage)

•  Wri8enproficiencymeasurespartsofDELEandMLAtasksforSpanishdevelopedclozetestsforHindiandRomanian

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Tasksinthethreelanguages

1.Oralnarra,vetask2.Oralpicturedescrip,onTask3.Auralcomprehensiontask4.Wri8encomprehensiontask5.Wri8enproduc1ontask6.Bimodal,un,medacceptabilityjudgmenttask

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Par,cipantsSpanish Hindi

country US USHeritagespeakers(sim.bil.) 32 30Heritagespeakers(seq.bil.) 24 6Adultimmigrants 21 21country Mexico IndiaYoungerNS(18-25) 20 20OlderNS(40-60) 20 22SES Low-mid High

Hindi

Hindi:Rajesh,22yearsoldBornintheUnitedStatesq Hindispeakingparentsq HighSES(parentsaredoctorsorengineers)q SchooledinEnglishq ParentsspokeHindiathome,RajeshusedsomeHindibutonenrespondedinEnglishq KnowledgeofEnglish:na1veinallskillsq KnowledgeofHindi:intermediateinspokenandauralcomprehension,cannotread/writethelanguageverywell

Hindi:Self-ra,ngs

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4.715.00 4.85

4.32

4.90

3.35

4.75 4.64

1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

adultHindiImmigrants

Hindiheritagespeakers

adultspeakers(India)

youngerspeakers(India)

selfra1ngEnglishselfra1ngHindi

*

USgroups Indiagroups

HindiHeritageSpeakers:self-ra,ngsbyskill

5.00

5.00

5.00

4.92

2.00

2.96

3.69

1.85

1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00

English Reading

English Speaking

English Listening

English Writing

Hindi Reading

Hindi Speaking

Hindi Listening

Hindi Writing

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Hindina,vespeakersfromIndia(oldercohort):selfra,ngsbyskill

(Montrul,Bha),Girju2015)

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4.55

4.40

4.50

4.50

3.95

4.55

4.55

3.75

1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00

EnglishReading

EnglishSpeaking

EnglishListening

EnglishWri1ng

HindiReading

HindiSpeaking

HindiListening

HindiWri1ng

HindispeakersinIndia:self-ra,ngsbyskill(Montrul,Bhat&Girju,2015)

HindiWri)enProficiencyClozeTest

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38.05

25.23

38.8 38.1

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AdultHindiImmigrants

Hindiheritagespeakers

adultspeakers(India)

youngerspeakers(India)

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USgroups Indiagroups

OralNarra,ve-kowithanimate,specificobjects

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HindiHS AdultImmigrants YoungHindispeakers

OlderHindispeakers

overgeneraliza1ons

omission

correct

*Mira-neRameshdekhaa

Mira-neRamesh-kodekhaa

IndividualResults:-komarking

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HindiHS

AdultImmigrants

OralNarra,ve:erga,vemarking

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overgeneraliza1on

omission

correct

OralNarra,ve:erga,vemarking

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HindiHS

AdultImmigrants

YIndiaNS

OIndiaNS

OralProduc,onTask:-Ko

0.80

0.96 0.96 0.95

0.36

0.22 0.22 0.24

0.72

0.94 1.00 0.99

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HindiHS AdultImmigrants YoungerHindispeakers

OlderHindispeakers

USgroups Indiagroups

AnSpecDO

InanimDO

DatSubject

IndividualResults-kowithanimatedirectobjects

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HindiHS

AdultImmigrants

YoungerHindiNS

OlderHindiNS

IndividualResults-kowithda,vesubjects

0

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HindiHS

AdultImmigrants

YoungerHindiNS

OlderHindiNS

AnimateSpecificDirectObjects

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*

1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

HindiHS adultIm. youngerNS olderNS

withko

*withoutko

USGroups IndiaGroups

Da,veExperiencerSubjects

1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

Hindiheritagespeakers

adultim. youngerNS olderNS

withko

*withoutko

USgroups Indiagroups

SummaryHindiStudy

•  IncomparisontoHindina1vespeakerswhoimmigratedtotheUSasadultsandage-matchedcontrolsinIndia,US-bornHindiheritagespeakersacceptDOMomissionwithanimate,specificdirectobjectsandwithda1vesubjects.

•  Thereisalsosignificantomissionoferga1ve-nemarking.

•  Li)leevidenceforL1a)ri,onintheadultimmigrantHindigroup.

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SPANISH

SometypicalCases•  BorninNorthernMexico.•  ImmigratedtotheUSatages2

(Beatriz),4(Alicia)and9(Carlos).•  Carloswentupto3rdgradein

MexicoandthenwasenrolledinEnglish-onlyschoolintheUS.HadtotakeESLclasses.

•  AliciaspokeSpanishwhenshearrivedintheUS,whileBeatrizwaslearningSpanish.Theywerebothenrolledinfull-1meEnglishdaycare.

•  Athome,parentsspokeSpanishwiththechildren.

Carlos(29),Alicia(24)andBeatriz(22)

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Self-ra,ngsinSpanishandEnglish

62

4.634.78

3.42

2.4

1.33

4.184.31

4.95 5 5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

USbornMexicanHS

childMexicanimmigrants

adultMexicanimmigrants

Mexicanyoungadults

Mexicanadults

EnglishSpanish*

**

*

USgroups Mexicogroups

Wri)enProficiencyinSpanish

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38.18 38.54

42.4

45.5 45.8

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25

30

35

40

45

50

USbornMexicanHS childMexicanimmigrants

adultMexicanimmigrants

Mexicanyoungadults Mexicanadults

SignificantdifferencesbetweenUSgroupsandMexicogroups.

USgroups Mexicogroups

AccuracyOralNarra,veTask

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animate"object"(with"DOM)" inanimate"object"(no"DOM)"

young"na@ve"speakers"sequen@al"bilinguals"simultaneous"bilinguals"adult"immigrants"older"na@ve"speakers"

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*JuanvioMaría.Juanviolapelícula.

Accuracyonanimateobjectsbypar,cipants

AccuracyPictureDescrip,onTask

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Accuracyonanimateobjectsbypar,cipants

Spanish:AnimateSpecificDirectObjects

JuanvioaMaría.*JuanvioMaría.*

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2

3

4

HS(sim) HS(seq) AdultIm youngerNS olderNS

witha

noa

*

USGroups MexicoGroups

AdultImmigrants(Montrul&Sánchez-Walker2013)

•  OralNarra1veTask•  Theadultimmigrantsweresplitintoomi4ers(n=10)andnonomi4ers(n=13).

•  Theomi4erswereolderthanthenon-omi4ersat1meoftes1ng(48.3vs.43.2),acquiredEnglishlaterinlife(22vs.20.2),andhadresidedintheUSlonger(27.3yearsvs.23.1years).

•  ThetwoimmigrantswiththelowestaccuracyonDOM(both33%)hadbeenintheUnitedStatesfor33and37years,respec1vely.

SummarySpanishStudy

•  DOMseemstobemoreaffectedinSpanish-speakersintheUS,includinglatearrivals(adultimmigrants)whohavebeenlivingintheUSforseveralyears.

•  Itisnotaffectedinthegroupsofna1vespeakerstestedinMexico,youngerorolder.

•  DOMmaybesubjecttoL1a)ri,oninSpanish,notjustincompleteacquisi1on(orchilda8ri1on)aspreviouslythought.

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Pa)ernsoflanguageuse?

1.%ofparentswhospokeHLexclusivelytochildren2.%ofHSswhoalwaysrespondedintheHL3.%ofHSwhospoketheHLwithsiblings4.%ofHSwhospoketheHLwithHL-speakingfriends

5.%parentswhoencouragedtheHStospeakHLathome

6.%HSwhoreceivedsomeHLinstruc1oninelementaryschool

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Pa)ernsofLanguageUse

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parentsspeakHL

HSrespondinHL

HSspeakwithsiblings

HSspeakwithfriends

parentsencouragedHL

HLatschool

Spanish

Hindi

Puzzle

•  SpanishhasawiderspeechcommunityandenjoysmorevitalityanduseintheUSincomparisontoHindi.YET,itexhibitshigherdegreeoferosionofDOM.

•  Itaffectsboththefirstandthesecondgenera1on.

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Ques,ons•  Ihavearguedextensivelythatthestructuralchangesobservedintheheritagespeakersaremainlyduetoreducedinputanduse(incompleteacquisi1oninchildhood).

•  Butcantheybeduetothenatureoftheinput?(Sorace2004,Rothman2007,PascualyCabo2013)

•  Someofthespeakersofthefirstgenera1onshowa8ri1on.

•  Heritagespeakersspeakthelanguagewiththefirstgenera1on(adultimmigrants).

•  Canspeakersofthefirstgenera,on(parents)transmitpa)ernsofa)ri,ontothesecondgenera,on(children)?

Myanswers

•  Itisunlikelythattheparentalgenera1ontransmits“a8rited”pa8ernstothesecondgenera1on.

•  Whatislikelyistheopposite:thattheheritagespeakersinfluencetheparentalgenera0on.

•  Heritagespeakersmaybetheagentsoflanguagechange,atleastinSpanishintheUnitedStates.

DevelopmentalScenario

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L1a8ri1on-mothers

HLloss

HLmaintenance

HLacquisi1on

A)ri,on

•  Noimmigrantcouldbea8riteduponarrivalinthenewcountry.

•  Ittakesatleast10yearstostartseeingsignsofa8ri1oninmorphosyntax,inmostcasesmorethan20or30years.

•  Therefore,asbilingualchildrenaregrowingupiftheyshownon-targetdevelopment,itcannotcomefromtheirparents’input.

Logic

•  Pa8ernsofincompleteacquisi1onintheheritagespeakerscouldbetracedbacktoearlierstagesofbilingualdevelopment.

•  Childreninteractexclusivelywithparentsearlyinlinguis1cdevelopment(pre-school)

•  Duringtheschool-ageperiodthesocialgroupofthechildwidens.Parentsarenolongerthemainsourceofinput(althoughtheycouldbefortheheritagelanguage).

•  Mainsourceofinputisthepeergroup.

Logic

•  Asfamiliesstartusingthemajoritylanguageathome,theparentsmaystartusingmoreEnglishinthehomewiththechildrenaswell,gradually.

•  Bythe1meheritagespeakersareteenagersoryoungadults,theparentsmightbea8rited.

•  Manyheritagespeakersstartusingtheheritagelanguagemoreinyoungadulthoodthanearlier.

•  Bynow,theirpa8ernsofincompleteacquisi1onmayreinforcethegrammaroftheparents.

ShinandOtheguy(2013)

“Weproposethattheposi1onoflinguis1cleadershipoccupiedbywomenistheresultoftheirextensivecontactwithhigh-pronounusingsecond-genera1onLa1nos.”(p.432)

Kerswill(1996)

•  Modelslinguis1cchangebytakingintoaccountageofacquirersandtransmi8ersandlinguis1cfeatureslikelytochange.

•  Natureofrela1onshipbetweeninterlocutorsInfantchild-parents,olderchild/preadolescent-peergroup,adolescent/youngadult-adult•  Adolescentsmaybethemostinfluen,altransmi)ersofchange

Meiseletal.(2013)•  Onlysuccessivebilinguals(L2learners)canbeagentsoflanguagechange,whentheyacquirethesecondlanguageincompletely.

•  L1learners,monolingualsaswellasbilinguals,areunlikelyagentsoflanguagechange.

•  “Heritagelanguagelearnersaretheleastlikelygrouptoexertasignificantinfluenceonlearnersofthemajoritylanguage”(p.163)

Howdowetestforthis?

•  Comparechildheritagespeakerstoadultheritagespeakers.

•  Testmothersandchildrenofdifferentages.•  Woman/mothereffectonbilingualchildren(ShinandOtheguy,2013)

•  Heritagespeakersofbidialectalparentsadoptthedialectofthemother(Potowski2008)

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HowisDOMacquiredbychildren?RodríguezMondoñedo(2008)

Spanish-speakingchildrendataavailableinCHILDES(Maria,Koki,Juan,Emilio),agesrangingfrom1;07to3;00.Spanish-speakingchildrenhaveanadultgrammar.(98.8%accuracyatage3)

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BilingualChildren(ages1;00-3;00)(Ticio,2015)

•  CHILDESdatabase•  6simultaneousbilingualchildren(5Spanish-English,1Catalan-Spanish)

•  74.62%omissionofDOMwithanimate,specificdirectobjectbyage3;00

•  Unlikewhathasbeenreportedinmonolingualacquisi1onofSpanish,simultaneousbilingualchildrendonotdevelopacquisi1onandmasteryofDOMby3;00yearsofage.

ThreeFollow-ups

School-AgeBilingualChildrenMontrul&Sánchez-Walker(2013)

groups N Meanage

Parentalra,ngEnglish

Parentalra,ngSpanish

PPVT(English)Standardscore

TVIP(Spanish)Standardscore

Simultaneousbilinguals 17 10;1 5 3.8 98.9 83.1

Sequen1albilinguals 22 12;2 4.7 4.4 97 86.9

Na1vespeakers 20 11;0 122.1

Age: nsParentalra,ngs English>SpanishbothbilingualgroupsPPVT simultaneousbilinguals=sequen1albilingualsTVIP na1vespeakers>simultaneousandsequen1albilinguals

AccuracyonDOMOralNarra,ve

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Accuracyonanimateobjectsbypar,cipants

AccuracyonthePictureDescrip,onTask

Accuracyonanimateobjectsbypar,cipants

Summary

•  School-ageSpanishheritagespeakersomitDOMinSpanishsignificantlymorethanage-matchedna1vespeakersfromMexico.Thisisasignofincompleteacquisi,onofSpanishDOM.

•  Quan1tyofinputasindicatedbyageofonsetofbilingualism(simultaneousvs.sequen1albilinguals)doesnotseemtoma8er.

•  Thereishighindividualvariabilityinthetwobilingualgroups.

ChildandAdultHeritageSpeakers

80.1 80.5

97.8

69.3 66.8

97.9

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simultaneousbilinguals sequen1albilinguals na1vespeakers

adults(study2)

children(study1)

NatureofInput

•  Immigrantscannotbeassumedtobea8riteduponarrival,soinputtobilingualchildrenmaynotshowsignsofa8ri1on.

•  Inputtoadultheritagespeakersmayshowsignsofa8ri1oniftheparentshavebeenexposedtoEnglishformorethan15or20years.

MothersandChildren

Arebilingualchildrenreceivinga)ritedinput?•  14bilingualchildrenages6-10andtheirmothers.

•  Halfofthechildrenweresimultaneousbilingualsandtheotherhalfweresequen1albilinguals.

•  Sameoraltaskswereadministered.

Results

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Animate Inanimate Animate Inanimate

OralNarra1ve PictureDescrip1on

MeanPe

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tageAccuracyScore

bilingualchildren

mothers

ByTypeofBilinguals

69.23

96.43

84

100

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MeanPe

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tageAccuracyScore

ResultsOralNarra,ve

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MothersandOlderChildren•  19heritagespeakers(18-26,meanage22.28)AoAEnglish(ages2-8,mean4.8)

•  Theirmothers(meanage45.86)

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HeritageSpeakers

Mothers

Nextstage

•  Collectdatafromalargersampleofmothersandchildrenages4-18(N~100)

•  ControlforAoAofEnglish•  Birthorder•  Mothers’proficiencyanduseofEnglish•  Mother’sproficiencyanduseofSpanish

Conclusion

•  L1a8ri1onofmorphosyntaxinadultsisrare•  Itissubjecttohighindividualvaria1on•  Ithappensinsomecases(Spanish)butnotinothers(Hindi)

•  Languagea8ri1onintheparentalgenera1oncouldnotexplainthepa8ernsofincompleteacquisi1onintheSpanishandHindiheritagespeakers.

TransmissionorLanguageChange?

•  Ifheritagespeakersandtheirmothersconvergeatalowerlevelofaccuracy,

•  Howcanwetellwhoisinfluencingwho?•  Previousstudiessuggestthatadolescentsmaybeagentsoflanguagechange.

•  Orarethemothersthetransmi8ersofthechange?

Longitudinaldataofolderchild-motherpairs

Conclusion•  Youngbilingualchildrendonotnecessarilyreceive“a8rited”inputfromtheirmonolinguallyraisedparents.(Childrenofbilingualparentsmaybedifferent).

•  BilingualchildrenshowdelayedandincompletedevelopmentofDOMinSpanish.

•  Bythe1mebilingualchildrenreachadulthood,someoftheirparents(maybegrandparents)maybea8rited.

Conclusion

•  Incompleteacquisi1onanda8ri1onofDOMmaybecomegeneralizedinadults,andDOM-omissiongetstransmi8edandreinforcedbythedifferentgroups.

•  Thissitua1ongivesrisetoanewdialectalfeatureofUS-Spanishwithnon-DOMmarkedanimatespecificdirectobjectslikeinEnglish.

Thankyou!