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Use of code-mixing by young hearing children of Deaf parents
Laura KantoKerttu HuttunenLaakso Marja-leenasubject
060201 languages & linguisticsLinguistics and Language05 social sciencesBimodal bilingualism06 humanities and the artsSign language050105 experimental psychologyLanguage and LinguisticsEducationCode-mixingDevelopmental psychologyLanguage developmentcode-mixingbimodal bilingualism0602 languages and literatureotorhinolaryngologic diseases0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesta516PsychologySpoken languageKODAdescription
In this study we followed the characteristics and use of code-mixing by eight KODAs – hearing children of Deaf parents – from the age of 12 to 36 months. The children's interaction was video-recorded twice a year during three different play sessions: with their Deaf parent, with the Deaf parent and a hearing adult, and with the hearing adult alone. Additionally, data were collected on the children's overall language development in both sign language and spoken language. Our results showed that the children preferred to produce code-blends – simultaneous production of semantically congruent signs and words – in a way that was in accordance with the morphosyntactic structure of both languages being acquired. A Deaf parent as the interlocutor increased the number of and affected the type of code-blended utterances. These findings suggest that code-mixing in young bimodal bilingual KODA children can be highly systematic and synchronised in nature and can indicate pragmatic development.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-13 | Bilingualism: Language and Cognition |