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dc.contributor.authorAnderssen, Merete
dc.contributor.authorLundquist, Björn
dc.contributor.authorWestergaard, Marit
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-03T12:24:33Z
dc.date.available2018-09-03T12:24:33Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-10
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates possessives and modified definite DPs in a corpus of heritage Norwegian spoken in the US. Both constructions involve variation in Norwegian – two word orders for possessives (pre- and postnominal) and two exponents of definiteness (a prenominal determiner and a suffix) – while English only has one of these options. The findings show that a large majority of the heritage speakers overuse the structures that are maximally different from English structures, i.e., postnominal possessors and single suffixal definiteness marking. We argue that their production pattern is the result of cross-linguistic overcorrection (CLO). In addition, a small group of the heritage speakers show signs of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) and overuse the English-like structures in both constructions. These speakers also have a slightly lower proficiency in the heritage language. Our findings are discussed in terms of previous research on monolingual and Norwegian–English bilingual children.en_US
dc.descriptionAccepted manuscript version. Published version available at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728918000330> https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728918000330</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAnderssen, M., Lundquist, B. & Westergaard, M. (2018). Cross-linguistic similarities and differences in bilingual acquisition and attrition: Possessives and double definiteness in Norwegian heritage language. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 21(4), 748-764. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728918000330en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1568512
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1366728918000330
dc.identifier.issn1366-7289
dc.identifier.issn1469-1841
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/13634
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)en_US
dc.relation.journalBilingualism: Language and Cognition
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/FRIHUMSAM/250857/Norway/Micro-variation in Multilingual Situations/MiMS/en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010en_US
dc.subjectNorwegianen_US
dc.subjectEnglishen_US
dc.subjectdouble definitenessen_US
dc.subjectpossessivesen_US
dc.subjectbilingualsen_US
dc.subjectheritage languageen_US
dc.subjectattritionen_US
dc.subjectcross-linguistic similarityen_US
dc.subjectcross-linguistic differenceen_US
dc.subjectcross-linguistic influenceen_US
dc.subjectcross-linguistic overcorrectionen_US
dc.subjectcomplexityen_US
dc.subjectfrequencyen_US
dc.titleCross-linguistic similarities and differences in bilingual acquisition and attrition: Possessives and double definiteness in Norwegian heritage languageen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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