Overview
- Presents new data and sound findings in the research of bilingualism and psycholinguistics
- Compares syntax-semantics and syntax-pragmatics interfaces using the same linguistic structure
- Argues that the grammar of bilingual speakers is shaped according to language universals (Universal Grammar compatible)
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Bilingual Mind and Brain Book Series (BMBBS, volume 2)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- MOGUL framework
- Turkish as a second language
- bilingual Turkish speakers
- bilinguals and universal grammar
- experimental linguistics
- grammar of non-native speakers
- interface-syntax in heritage language speakers
- non-native Turkish speakers
- number-marking across languages
- processing-based linguistic framework
- syntax-pragmatics interface
- syntax-semantics interface
About this book
This volume combines psycholinguistic experiments with typological investigations in order to provide a comprehensive exploration of the linguistic structure of verb-number agreement in bilingual speakers, with a particular focus on the Turkish language. It takes as its starting point the question of which linguistic structures pose difficulties for bilingual speakers, and then proceeds to evaluate the question by using the interface phenomenon of optional verb number agreement. In doing so, this volume investigates how the bilingual mind handles grammatical structures that demand high processing sources, working towards a processing-based linguistic framework for the bilingual mind.
Beginning with a thorough survey of the current research of the interface phenomenon in the bilingual mind, the volume then proceeds to present two separate studies on each linguistic interface type, namely semantics-syntax interface and syntax-pragmatics interface, thus filling a number of gaps in the bilingualism research with regards to the interface phenomenon The results and conclusions of these studies are then integrated with current knowledge and research from the field within a theoretical and processing-based framework in order to explore new psycholinguistic insights for the bilingual mind, specifically the conclusion that the grammar of bilingual speakers is shaped according to cross linguistic tendencies. Ultimately, it provides a unified account and a comprehensive conclu
sion regarding the non-native-like patterns in grammar of bilingual speakers. Serving as a fascinating and timely resource, Competing Structures in the Bilingual Mind: An Investigation of Optional Verb Number Agreement will appeal to bilingualism researchers, clinical linguists, cognitive scientists, experimental linguists, and any linguist specializing in Turkic or Altaic languages.Authors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Competing Structures in the Bilingual Mind
Book Subtitle: A Psycholinguistic Investigation of Optional Verb Number Agreement
Authors: Elif Bamyacı
Series Title: The Bilingual Mind and Brain Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22991-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22990-4Published: 06 January 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79441-9Published: 30 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22991-1Published: 28 December 2015
Series ISSN: 2945-5952
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5960
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 222
Number of Illustrations: 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Cognitive Psychology, Uralic-Altaic Languages