Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German
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Resumo: | Aims and objectives: This study investigates the acquisition of referential expressions for direct objects by child heritage speakers of Polish living in Germany. Our main research questions are how object expression develops in bilingual children and whether their path or pace of acquisition differs from monolingual children. Methodology: We investigate the use of referential expressions in an elicited production task. In all, 39 Polish-German bilingual children participated in the test. Data and analysis: We compare the data of four age groups of bilingual children – 3- to 4-year-olds, 5- to 6-year-olds, 7- to 8-year-olds, and 9- to 10-year-olds – to each other and to monolingual children at the respective ages. For the analysis of participants’ responses, we ran a generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) with a multinominal dependent variable. Findings: The results show that child heritage language (HL) speakers of Polish display knowledge of semantic and pragmatic constraints of object realization from early stages on. However, from age 5 and up to age 9 to 10, they still produce high rates of inappropriate null objects and show a deceleration in the development of this knowledge, compared to monolingual children. This protracted development is attributed to reduced input in the HL, mainly due to the enrolment in the majority language school. Originality: This study is the first to investigate the development of referential expressions for direct objects in child heritage speakers of Polish in the age span 3 to 10 years. Significance: The study relates the higher rates of null objects in the bilingual production to the varying degrees of exposure to the HL during language development. Deceleration in the pace of object acquisition by the HL speakers at the age of 5 to 6 years is attributed to a prolonged stage of acquisition of integrating rules of syntactic and pragmatic knowledge. |
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Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with GermanHeritage language developmentnull objectsreferential expressionsPolishage effectsHumanidades::Línguas e LiteraturasSocial SciencesEducação de qualidadeAims and objectives: This study investigates the acquisition of referential expressions for direct objects by child heritage speakers of Polish living in Germany. Our main research questions are how object expression develops in bilingual children and whether their path or pace of acquisition differs from monolingual children. Methodology: We investigate the use of referential expressions in an elicited production task. In all, 39 Polish-German bilingual children participated in the test. Data and analysis: We compare the data of four age groups of bilingual children – 3- to 4-year-olds, 5- to 6-year-olds, 7- to 8-year-olds, and 9- to 10-year-olds – to each other and to monolingual children at the respective ages. For the analysis of participants’ responses, we ran a generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) with a multinominal dependent variable. Findings: The results show that child heritage language (HL) speakers of Polish display knowledge of semantic and pragmatic constraints of object realization from early stages on. However, from age 5 and up to age 9 to 10, they still produce high rates of inappropriate null objects and show a deceleration in the development of this knowledge, compared to monolingual children. This protracted development is attributed to reduced input in the HL, mainly due to the enrolment in the majority language school. Originality: This study is the first to investigate the development of referential expressions for direct objects in child heritage speakers of Polish in the age span 3 to 10 years. Significance: The study relates the higher rates of null objects in the bilingual production to the varying degrees of exposure to the HL during language development. Deceleration in the pace of object acquisition by the HL speakers at the age of 5 to 6 years is attributed to a prolonged stage of acquisition of integrating rules of syntactic and pragmatic knowledge.SAGE PublicationsUniversidade do MinhoSopata, AldonaRinke, EstherFlores, Cristina2022-12-172022-12-17T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/81282engSopata, A., Rinke, E., & Flores, C. (2022). Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German. International Journal of Bilingualism, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/136700692211323821367-00691756-687810.1177/13670069221132382https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13670069221132382info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-02-24T01:22:30Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/81282Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:27:07.068081Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German |
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Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German |
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Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German Sopata, Aldona Heritage language development null objects referential expressions Polish age effects Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas Social Sciences Educação de qualidade |
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Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German |
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Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German |
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Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German |
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Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German |
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Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German |
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Sopata, Aldona |
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Sopata, Aldona Rinke, Esther Flores, Cristina |
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Rinke, Esther Flores, Cristina |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Sopata, Aldona Rinke, Esther Flores, Cristina |
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Heritage language development null objects referential expressions Polish age effects Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas Social Sciences Educação de qualidade |
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Heritage language development null objects referential expressions Polish age effects Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas Social Sciences Educação de qualidade |
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Aims and objectives: This study investigates the acquisition of referential expressions for direct objects by child heritage speakers of Polish living in Germany. Our main research questions are how object expression develops in bilingual children and whether their path or pace of acquisition differs from monolingual children. Methodology: We investigate the use of referential expressions in an elicited production task. In all, 39 Polish-German bilingual children participated in the test. Data and analysis: We compare the data of four age groups of bilingual children – 3- to 4-year-olds, 5- to 6-year-olds, 7- to 8-year-olds, and 9- to 10-year-olds – to each other and to monolingual children at the respective ages. For the analysis of participants’ responses, we ran a generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) with a multinominal dependent variable. Findings: The results show that child heritage language (HL) speakers of Polish display knowledge of semantic and pragmatic constraints of object realization from early stages on. However, from age 5 and up to age 9 to 10, they still produce high rates of inappropriate null objects and show a deceleration in the development of this knowledge, compared to monolingual children. This protracted development is attributed to reduced input in the HL, mainly due to the enrolment in the majority language school. Originality: This study is the first to investigate the development of referential expressions for direct objects in child heritage speakers of Polish in the age span 3 to 10 years. Significance: The study relates the higher rates of null objects in the bilingual production to the varying degrees of exposure to the HL during language development. Deceleration in the pace of object acquisition by the HL speakers at the age of 5 to 6 years is attributed to a prolonged stage of acquisition of integrating rules of syntactic and pragmatic knowledge. |
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Sopata, A., Rinke, E., & Flores, C. (2022). Null objects in Polish heritage language acquisition in contact with German. International Journal of Bilingualism, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069221132382 1367-0069 1756-6878 10.1177/13670069221132382 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13670069221132382 |
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