Age and Input Effect in Simultaneous Bilingual
Age and Input Effect in Simultaneous Bilingual
Turkish and Italian
Author(s): Anna Lia Proietti ErgünSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, School education, Translation Studies
Published by: T.C. MEHMET AKİF ERSOY ÜNİVERSİTESİ EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Keywords: Bilingualism;, children; crosslinguistic interference; Interfaces; Italian-Turkish;
Summary/Abstract: This study reports on acceptability judgment (AJ) and translation data from 10 simultaneous Turkish-Italian bilinguals with age-matched Turkish and Italian monolinguals as control group. The linguistic property investigated is postverbal subjects occurring with unaccusative verbs. The results of the AJ task in Turkish revealed significant difference between groups. However, in the Italian AJ task, significant variability was found in younger bilinguals. Only bilinguals participated in the translation task. In translation into Turkish, always pragmatically appropriate sentences were produced. When translating into Italian significant variability was found in younger bilinguals and those enrolled in Turkish schools.
Journal: Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi
- Issue Year: 3/2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 152-163
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English