Priming of Frames and Slots in Bilingual Children's Code-Mixing: A Usage-Based Approach.
Antje Endesfelder Quick1, Dorota Gaskins2, Maria Frick3
1Faculty of Philology, Institute of British Studies, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Frontiers in Psychology
|November 8, 2021
Summary
Early bilingual children
Area of Science:
- Psycholinguistics
- Child Language Acquisition
- Bilingualism
Background:
- Early child utterances are often item-based with fixed patterns.
- Code-mixing in bilingual children is influenced by input.
- Usage-based theories explain early language development.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate direct input's role in code-mixing.
- Analyze code-mixing patterns in young bilingual children.
- Test the hypothesis of chunk and frame-and-slot patterns.
Main Methods:
- Applied the traceback method to code-mixed utterances.
- Analyzed utterances from three bilingual children (2-4 years).
- Examined code-mixing within frame-and-slot patterns and priming.
Main Results:
- Code-mixing frequently occurs within frame-and-slot patterns.
- Early code-mixing relies on concrete, lexically fixed patterns.
- Input from child's own speech or caregivers significantly influences patterns.
Conclusions:
- Direct input plays a crucial role in early code-mixing.
- Children utilize lexically fixed patterns influenced by immediate input.
- Frame-and-slot patterns are a key structure for early code-mixing.
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