Abstract
In four experiments, we investigated the role of shared word order and alignment with a dialogue partner in the production of code-switched sentences. In Experiments 1 and 2, Dutch-English bilinguals code-switched in describing pictures while being cued with word orders that are either shared or not shared between Dutch and English. In Experiments 3 and 4, the same task was embedded in a confederate-scripted dialogue situation, and the confederate's use of word order and sentence position of switching was manipulated. We found that participants had a clear preference for using the shared word order when they switched languages, but also aligned their word order choices and code-switching patterns with the confederate. These findings demonstrate how the integration of languages in sentence production depends on processes of syntactic co-activation between languages and on processes of alignment between dialogue partners, and extend the notion of interactive alignment to bilingual speech and code-switching.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 210-231 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Journal of Memory and Language |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 2010 |
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- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- Language and Linguistics
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Linguistics and Language
- Artificial Intelligence
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Syntactic alignment and shared word order in code-switched sentence production : Evidence from bilingual monologue and dialogue. / Kootstra, Gerrit Jan; Van Hell, Adriana; Dijkstra, Ton.
In: Journal of Memory and Language, Vol. 63, No. 2, 01.08.2010, p. 210-231.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Syntactic alignment and shared word order in code-switched sentence production
T2 - Evidence from bilingual monologue and dialogue
AU - Kootstra, Gerrit Jan
AU - Van Hell, Adriana
AU - Dijkstra, Ton
PY - 2010/8/1
Y1 - 2010/8/1
N2 - In four experiments, we investigated the role of shared word order and alignment with a dialogue partner in the production of code-switched sentences. In Experiments 1 and 2, Dutch-English bilinguals code-switched in describing pictures while being cued with word orders that are either shared or not shared between Dutch and English. In Experiments 3 and 4, the same task was embedded in a confederate-scripted dialogue situation, and the confederate's use of word order and sentence position of switching was manipulated. We found that participants had a clear preference for using the shared word order when they switched languages, but also aligned their word order choices and code-switching patterns with the confederate. These findings demonstrate how the integration of languages in sentence production depends on processes of syntactic co-activation between languages and on processes of alignment between dialogue partners, and extend the notion of interactive alignment to bilingual speech and code-switching.
AB - In four experiments, we investigated the role of shared word order and alignment with a dialogue partner in the production of code-switched sentences. In Experiments 1 and 2, Dutch-English bilinguals code-switched in describing pictures while being cued with word orders that are either shared or not shared between Dutch and English. In Experiments 3 and 4, the same task was embedded in a confederate-scripted dialogue situation, and the confederate's use of word order and sentence position of switching was manipulated. We found that participants had a clear preference for using the shared word order when they switched languages, but also aligned their word order choices and code-switching patterns with the confederate. These findings demonstrate how the integration of languages in sentence production depends on processes of syntactic co-activation between languages and on processes of alignment between dialogue partners, and extend the notion of interactive alignment to bilingual speech and code-switching.
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JF - Journal of Memory and Language
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