Inflectional Morphology in Bilingual Language Processing: An Age-Of-Acquisition Study

Autor/inn/en	Bosch, Sina; Veríssimo, João; Clahsen, Harald
Titel	Inflectional Morphology in Bilingual Language Processing: An Age-Of-Acquisition Study
Quelle	In: Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 26 (2019) 3, S.339-360 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Veríssimo, João) ORCID (Clahsen, Harald)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1048-9223
DOI	10.1080/10489223.2019.1570204
Schlagwörter	Age Differences; Second Language Learning; Morphology (Languages); Syntax; German; Verbs; Grammar; Language Processing; Bilingualism; Russian; Priming; Developmental Stages; Language Acquisition; Foreign Countries; Language Tests; Adolescents; Adults; Young Adults; Scores; Accuracy; Reaction Time; Computer Assisted Testing; Germany (Berlin) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Morphology; Morphologie; Deutscher; Grammatik; Sprachverarbeitung; Bilingualismus; Russisch; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Ausland; Language test; Sprachtest; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Reaktionsvermögen
Abstract	This study addresses the question of how age of acquisition (AoA) affects grammatical processing, specifically with respect to inflectional morphology, in bilinguals. We examined experimental data of more than 100 participants from the Russian/German community in Berlin, all of whom acquired Russian from birth and German at different ages. Using the cross-modal lexical priming technique, we investigated stem allomorphs of German verbs that encode multiple morphosyntactic features. The results revealed a striking AoA modulation of observed priming patterns, indicating efficient access to morphosyntactic features for early AoAs and a gradual decline with increasing AoAs. In addition, we found a discontinuity in the function relating AoA to morphosyntactic feature access, suggesting a sensitive period for the development of morphosyntax. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01