Blar i forfatter Fakultet for humaniora, samfunnsvitenskap og lærerutdanning "Boers, Ivo"

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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 

      van Osch, Brechje; Parafita Couto, M. Carmen; Boers, Ivo; Sterken, Bo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-02)
      Introduction: This 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 ...

    • Cross-linguistic influence in bilingual grammars: Evidence from gender assigment in unilingual Dutch and mixed speech 

      van Osch, Brechje; Boers, Ivo; Grijzenhout, Janet; Couto, M. Carmen Parafita; Sterken, Bo; Tat, Deniz (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022)
      This study reports on grammatical gender assignment in elicited production data from heritage speakers of Turkish, Papiamento, and Spanish in the Netherlands. We selectively target the nominal domain, consisting of a determiner, a noun, and an adjective. Previous studies have demonstrated gender to be vulnerable in bilingual acquisition (e.g., Gathercole & Thomas 2005; Mitrofanova et al. 2018). The ...

    • Gender in Unilingual and Mixed Speech of Spanish Heritage Speakers in The Netherlands 

      Boers, Ivo; Sterken, Bo; van Osch, Brechje; Parafita Couto, M. Carmen; Grijzenhout, Janet; Tat, Deniz (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-04)
      This study examines heritage speakers of Spanish in The Netherlands regarding their production of gender in both their languages (Spanish and Dutch) as well as their gender assignment strategies in code-switched constructions. A director-matcher task was used to elicit unilingual and mixed speech from 21 participants (aged 8 to 52, mean = 17). The nominal domain consisting of a determiner, noun, ...