First language attrition from a minimalist perspective: Interface vulnerability and processing effects
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Ianthi Maria Tsimpli
Abstract
The present paper deals with first language attrition under the influence of a second language. Two sets of data are presented: the first is offline data from a variety of tasks aiming to address the question of selective vulnerability of interfaces as opposed to the computational system underlying syntactic competence. This data is drawn from the study of Tsimpli, Sorace, Heycock and Filiaci (2004). The second set of data is drawn from a pilot study (Kaltsa 2006), involving an online grammaticality judgment task testing Case on determiners. This data is argued to address the possibility of syntactic attrition of a formal feature, i.e. case, in the domain of syntactic processing alone indicating that performance rather than competence problems are also involved.
Abstract
The present paper deals with first language attrition under the influence of a second language. Two sets of data are presented: the first is offline data from a variety of tasks aiming to address the question of selective vulnerability of interfaces as opposed to the computational system underlying syntactic competence. This data is drawn from the study of Tsimpli, Sorace, Heycock and Filiaci (2004). The second set of data is drawn from a pilot study (Kaltsa 2006), involving an online grammaticality judgment task testing Case on determiners. This data is argued to address the possibility of syntactic attrition of a formal feature, i.e. case, in the domain of syntactic processing alone indicating that performance rather than competence problems are also involved.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgment vii
- Bilingualism and attrition 1
- Language attrition at the crossroads of brain, mind, and society 9
- Understanding attrition within a MOGUL framework 39
- Dynamic systems theory, lifespan development and language attrition 53
- The grammatical profile of L1 speakers on the stairs of potential language shift 69
- First language attrition from a minimalist perspective: Interface vulnerability and processing effects 83
- (Psycho)linguistic determinants of L1 attrition 99
- L1 attrition features predicted by a neurolinguistic theory of bilingualism 121
- The role of L1 use for L1 attrition 135
- Critical periods in language acquisition and language attrition 155
- A hidden language: Recovery of a 'lost' language is triggered by hypnosis 169
- Identity, immigration and first language attrition 189
- Language attrition and ideology: Two groups of immigrants in Israel 205
- Stimulated recall methodology in language attrition research 227
- Name index 249
- Subject index 255
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgment vii
- Bilingualism and attrition 1
- Language attrition at the crossroads of brain, mind, and society 9
- Understanding attrition within a MOGUL framework 39
- Dynamic systems theory, lifespan development and language attrition 53
- The grammatical profile of L1 speakers on the stairs of potential language shift 69
- First language attrition from a minimalist perspective: Interface vulnerability and processing effects 83
- (Psycho)linguistic determinants of L1 attrition 99
- L1 attrition features predicted by a neurolinguistic theory of bilingualism 121
- The role of L1 use for L1 attrition 135
- Critical periods in language acquisition and language attrition 155
- A hidden language: Recovery of a 'lost' language is triggered by hypnosis 169
- Identity, immigration and first language attrition 189
- Language attrition and ideology: Two groups of immigrants in Israel 205
- Stimulated recall methodology in language attrition research 227
- Name index 249
- Subject index 255
