Pragmatic Differentiation in Early Trilingual Development

Autor/in	Montanari, Simona
Titel	Pragmatic Differentiation in Early Trilingual Development
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 36 (2009) 3, S.597-627 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000908009112
Schlagwörter	Language Patterns; Pragmatics; Multilingualism; Longitudinal Studies; Spanish; English; Tagalog; Language Usage; Code Switching (Language); Child Language; Vocabulary; Language Acquisition; Second Language Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Pragmalinguistik; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Spanisch; English language; Englisch; Sprachgebrauch; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Wortschatz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	This study examines pragmatic differentiation in early trilingual development through a longitudinal analysis of language choice in a developing Tagalog-Spanish-English trilingual child. The child's patterns of language choice with different language users are analyzed at age 1 ; 10 and 2 ; 4 to examine: (1) whether evidence for pragmatic differentiation can be found even before age two and in simultaneous interactions with distinct language users; (2) whether lexical gaps determine the child's choice of one language over another; and (3) whether her patterns of language choice are affected by the interlocutors language use and their responses to mixing. The results indicate that the child was capable of selecting the appropriate language according to the interlocutors' language from the earliest sessions. However, switches to inappropriate languages were common due to vocabulary gaps, the interlocutors' acceptance of mixing and the possibilities determined by the existence of multiple lexical resources and multiple language users. (As Provided).
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