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Bimodal convergence : How languages interact in multicompetent language users’ speech and gestures

Gullberg, Marianne LU orcid (2022) In Language and the Human Lifespan (LHLS) p.317-333
Abstract
A central issue in studies of second and foreign language acquisition and of bilingualism is to understand what happens when two or more languages come into contact within a person, a domain often referred to as crosslinguistic influence. This chapter begins with an introduction to the notion of convergence and outlines some key theoretical issues and empirical findings. It introduces bimodal convergence, the semantic domain of motion used as a test case, and offers some methodological remarks on the types of analyses performed to examine it. The chapter presents examples of studies that have examined intermediate speakers of a second language (L2), as well as fully functional bilinguals. It discusses potential convergence in... (More)
A central issue in studies of second and foreign language acquisition and of bilingualism is to understand what happens when two or more languages come into contact within a person, a domain often referred to as crosslinguistic influence. This chapter begins with an introduction to the notion of convergence and outlines some key theoretical issues and empirical findings. It introduces bimodal convergence, the semantic domain of motion used as a test case, and offers some methodological remarks on the types of analyses performed to examine it. The chapter presents examples of studies that have examined intermediate speakers of a second language (L2), as well as fully functional bilinguals. It discusses potential convergence in multicompetent users of a signed and a spoken language (bimodal bilinguals). The chapter concludes with a discussion of the implications for L2/bilingualism studies to consider bimodal data and a call for gesture studies to consider convergence. (Less)
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subject
keywords
gesture, convergence, bilingualism, second language acquision
host publication
Gesture in language : Development across the lifespan - Development across the lifespan
series title
Language and the Human Lifespan (LHLS)
editor
Morgenstern, Aliyah and Goldin-Meadow, Susan
pages
17 pages
publisher
Mouton de Gruyter
external identifiers
  • scopus:85131506240
ISBN
9783110564983
9781433838422
9783110567526
9781433836299
DOI
10.1037/0000269-013
project
Embodied bilingualism (a Wallenberg Scholar project)
language
English
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yes
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dfb3581a-e215-4e0b-a1b2-ebaf9d903b31
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2020-08-05 15:23:06
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  author       = {{Gullberg, Marianne}},
  booktitle    = {{Gesture in language : Development across the lifespan}},
  editor       = {{Morgenstern, Aliyah and Goldin-Meadow, Susan}},
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  keywords     = {{gesture; convergence; bilingualism; second language acquision}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{317--333}},
  publisher    = {{Mouton de Gruyter}},
  series       = {{Language and the Human Lifespan (LHLS)}},
  title        = {{Bimodal convergence : How languages interact in multicompetent language users’ speech and gestures}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0000269-013}},
  doi          = {{10.1037/0000269-013}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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