The expression of spatial relationships in Turkish/Dutch bilinguals
Indefrey, Peter ; Sahin, Hülya and Gullberg, Marianne LU
(2016)
In Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
20(3).
p.473-493
- Abstract
- We investigated how two groups of Turkish–Dutch bilinguals and two groups of monolingual speakers of the two languages described static topological relations. The bilingual groups differed with respect to their first (L1) and second (L2) language proficiencies and a number of sociolinguistic factors. Using an elicitation tool that covers a wide range of topological relations, we first assessed the extensions of different spatial expressions (topological relation markers, TRMs) in the Turkish and Dutch spoken by monolingual speakers. We then assessed differences in the use of TRMs between the two bilingual groups and monolingual speakers.
In both bilingual groups, differences compared to monolingual speakers were mainly observed for... (More) - We investigated how two groups of Turkish–Dutch bilinguals and two groups of monolingual speakers of the two languages described static topological relations. The bilingual groups differed with respect to their first (L1) and second (L2) language proficiencies and a number of sociolinguistic factors. Using an elicitation tool that covers a wide range of topological relations, we first assessed the extensions of different spatial expressions (topological relation markers, TRMs) in the Turkish and Dutch spoken by monolingual speakers. We then assessed differences in the use of TRMs between the two bilingual groups and monolingual speakers.
In both bilingual groups, differences compared to monolingual speakers were mainly observed for Turkish. Dutch-dominant bilinguals showed enhanced congruence between translation-equivalent Turkish and Dutch TRMs. Turkish-dominant bilinguals extended the use of a topologically neutral locative marker.
The results can be interpreted as showing different “bilingual optimization strategies” (Muysken, 2013) in bilingual speakers who live in the same environment but differ with respect to L2 onset, L2 proficiency, and perceived importance of the L1. (Less)
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- author
- Indefrey, Peter
; Sahin, Hülya
and Gullberg, Marianne
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- publishing date
- 2016-01-22
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- bilingualism, semantics, Turkish, Dutch, convergence
- in
- Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
- volume
- 20
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 21 pages
- publisher
- Cambridge University Press
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- scopus:84955271707
- wos:000399401100003
- ISSN
- 1366-7289
- DOI
- 10.1017/S1366728915000875
- project
- Thinking in Time: Cognition, Communication and Learning
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Humanities Lab (015101200), Linguistics and Phonetics (015010003)
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