Blar i forfatter Fakultet for humaniora, samfunnsvitenskap og lærerutdanning "Walla, Dianna"
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Code mixing in early bilingual acquisition: dominance, language modes, and discourse strategies. A case study of bilingual acquisition of Norwegian and English
Walla, Dianna (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)One of the main questions that arises in cases where children code switch or code mix often in their early production is whether mixing can be considered a sign of confusion, of competency, or of neither. Earlier research on language mixing in bilingual first language acquisition often pointed to the idea of a “unitary language system,” with code mixing being considered a sign of confusion. More ...