Effects of language dominance and time of formal exposure to the language on the production of clitic pronouns by Portuguese/French bilingual children

Authors

  • Margarida Tomaz Centro de Linguística da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa / FCSH-NOVA
  • Maria Lobo Centro de Linguística da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa / FCSH-NOVA
  • Ana Madeira Centro de Linguística da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa / FCSH-NOVA
  • Carla Soares-Jesel Université Paris Diderot/LLF
  • Stéphanie Vaz Centro de Linguística da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa / FCSH-NOVA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln7ano2020a21

Keywords:

language dominance, formal exposure, bilingual children, clitics, Portuguese, French

Abstract

This study investigates the effects of two external linguistic variables – language dominance and time of formal exposure – on the production and placement of clitic pronouns of Portuguese-French bilingual children. Using two elicited production tasks and a parental sociolinguistic questionnaire, we show that language dominance plays a role in rates of omission and rates of clitic production. On the other hand, a higher time of formal exposure to Portuguese does not determine better performance neither in what concerns clitic omission nor clitic placement in Portuguese-French bilingual children.

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Published

2020-11-30

How to Cite

Tomaz, M., Lobo, M., Madeira, A., Soares-Jesel, C., & Vaz, S. (2020). Effects of language dominance and time of formal exposure to the language on the production of clitic pronouns by Portuguese/French bilingual children. Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association, (7), 350–367. https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln7ano2020a21

Issue

No. 7 (2020): Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association

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Copyright (c) 2020 Margarida Tomaz, Maria Lobo, Ana Madeira, Carla Soares-Jesel, Stéphanie Vaz

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