Adjective-noun order in Papiamento-Dutch code-switching

Pablos, Leticia; Couto, M. Carmen Parafita; Boutonnet, Bastien; Jong, Amy de; Perquin, Marlou Nadine; Haan, Annelies de; Schiller, Niels O.

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“…Concerning linguistic factors, similar to previous studies (Voss, 2018;Stadthagen-González et al, 2019;Vaughan-Evans et al, 2020) FIGURE 5 Word order preference for Dutch as a matrix language, by age group by heritage community. we found effects of the matrix language and the language of the adjective.…”

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“…Due to the generally low occurrence of attributive adjectives in production data (cf. Parafita Couto and Gullberg, 2019), several studies attempted to unveil the constraints that predict code-switching patterns at this conflict site in different bilingual populations (Spanish-English, Welsh-English, and Papiamento-Dutch) using different methodologies (Parafita Couto et al, 2015, 2017aVoss, 2018;Pablos et al, 2019;Stadthagen-González et al, 2019;Vaughan-Evans et al, 2020, i.a.). Most of these studies evaluated the predictions of two theoretical accounts: the Matrix Language Framework (MLF, Myers-Scotton, 1993) and the Minimalist Program approach (MP, Cantone and MacSwan, 2009), although no clear evidence to favor one model over the other was found.…”

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Adjective position in the code-switched speech of Spanish and Papiamento heritage speakers in the Netherlands: Individual differences and methodological considerations

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IntroductionThis study examines adjective-noun order in code-switched constructions by heritage speakers of Spanish and Papiamento in the Netherlands. Given that Dutch differs from Spanish and Papiamento regarding the default position of the adjective, word order in the nominal domain creates a so-called “conflict site” in code-switching. Most accounts of word order patterns in code-switching focus on structural constraints, such as the matrix language or the strength of the EPP feature in Agr. Thus far, studies comparing the two models have not found compelling evidence for either of them.MethodsThe present study takes a more comprehensive approach and considers several linguistic (matrix language, adjective language, and type of insertion) as well as extra-linguistic variables (e.g., age, age of onset, and patterns of exposure and use). Moreover, we compare heritage speakers of two different heritage languages that are linguistically similar (both Spanish and Papiamento exhibit postnominal adjectives), and share the same dominant societal language, but are likely to differ from each other in terms of certain sociolinguistic properties. 21 Spanish and 15 Papiamento heritage speakers (aged 7–54) in the Netherlands carried out a Director-Matcher task, aimed at eliciting nominal constructions containing switches.ResultsThe results show that either the ML or the language of the adjective, or both, are important predictors for word order, although the data cannot disentangle these two factors. Moreover, the type of insertion was found to play a role: word order patterns for noun insertions differed from other types of insertions. In addition, the two groups did not behave similarly: Papiamento speakers were more categorical in their preference for noun-adjective order when inserting Dutch nouns into their heritage language than the Spanish speakers were. Finally, there was a great deal of individual variation, which seemed to be related mostly to the age of the participants: children and teen participants behaved differently from adults.DiscussionThese findings demonstrate that both linguistic and extra-linguistic play a role in determining how heritage speakers deal with conflict sites in the nominal domain. Particularly, the findings suggest that, at least for some communities and in some code-switching modes, children may need more time, or more input, too converge on adult-like code-switching norms.

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Adjective position in the code-switched speech of Spanish and Papiamento heritage speakers in the Netherlands: Individual differences and methodological considerations

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“…Ethnic heritage can also affect pupil detection during eye tracking. 1 These technical constraints can make it difficult to test certain bilingual populations of interest; for example, the Papiamento-Dutch bilinguals tested in Pablos et al (2019). Additionally, not taking into account socially informed realities of linguistic variation may cast some doubt on the scope of experimental results.…”

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Bilingualism with minority languages: Why searching for unicorn language users does not move us forward

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Rodríguez‐Ordóñez

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Applied Psycholinguistics

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This paper addresses several problematic scientific practices in psycholinguistic research. We discuss challenges that arise when working with minority languages, such as the notion of monolingual/monocultural normality and its historical origins, the stereotype of native-speakerism, the quest for testing people who fit specific profiles, the implications of the policy that urges scholars to match bilingual groups to monolingual comparison groups, and the use of powerful theoretical narratives that may evoke problematic labels and ableist terminology. These issues invest the field of psycholinguistics with questionable practices that contribute to the marginalization of groups that do not tick the standard normative boxes. Surveying some of the most widespread scientific practices in the field of psycholinguistics, our emphasis is on how several processes and policies may embody stereotypes that contribute to the exclusion of certain groups from the scientific literature, with grievous consequences for the visibility and the representation of some minoritized languages.

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“…So far, none of the studies reviewed has provided an accurate division or has made explicit that the Romance adjectives selected in their experiment were of one particular type. That is why in some studies (Pablos et al 2018;Stadthagen-González et al 2017;Vanden Wyngaerd 2016), the lack of division by adjective type could obscure their results. Therefore, in this paper, we present a study that tackles this methodological issue and looks into the noun-adjective order problem from a different perspective.…”

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“…They, therefore, conclude that this study should be repeated by using more filled sentences and rotating experimental stimuli across participants in order to reduce repetition effects. Pablos et al (2018) look at adjective-noun order in Papiamento-Dutch code-switched instances by also using ERPs. As previously argued, in Papiamento adjectives are postnominal, while in Dutch they are prenominal.…”

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Adjective Placement in English/Spanish Mixed Determiner Phrases: Insights from Acceptability Judgments

Nicolás

López

2022

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The present study examines the relative order of noun-adjective sequences within code-switched Determiner Phrases. Several hypotheses have been considered: (i) Order is a property defined by the noun; (ii) it is a property defined by the adjective; (iii) it is a property governed by the carrier phrase. The studies that have investigated the issue all assume that the class of adjectives is homogeneous, but in fact, there exist several sub-classes of adjectives which in many languages, including Spanish, exhibit distinct ordering properties. We propose to add the variable ‘adjective type’ to our study and use code-switching of English/Spanish, two languages that differ in the position of adjectives, as our database. A total of thirty English/Spanish heritage speakers took part in an experiment. Our results show that both the language of the adjective and the carrier phrase are significant factors of word order in the noun phrase; on the other hand, the noun itself does not seem to play a role.

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Adjective-noun order in Papiamento-Dutch code-switching

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Adjective position in the code-switched speech of Spanish and Papiamento heritage speakers in the Netherlands: Individual differences and methodological considerations

Adjective position in the code-switched speech of Spanish and Papiamento heritage speakers in the Netherlands: Individual differences and methodological considerations

Bilingualism with minority languages: Why searching for unicorn language users does not move us forward

Adjective Placement in English/Spanish Mixed Determiner Phrases: Insights from Acceptability Judgments

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