Intonation of polar questions in German-dominant heritage speakers of Italian

IF 1.8 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Linguistic Approaches To Bilingualism Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI:10.1075/lab.23031.kri

Svenja Krieger, Miriam Geiss

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Abstract

In heritage language (HL) research, prosodic aspects of heritage speakers (HSs) speech have only recently started to receive attention and the results have been mixed. While some studies report cross-linguistic influence (CLI) for HL intonation, others consider it robust. The present study contributes to this debate and examines the intonational patterns of polar questions (PolQs) in the two languages of 30 HSs of Italian with German as majority language. This language combination displays overlapping and distinct intonational patterns in PolQs, making intonation potentially subject to CLI in bilingual language acquisition. The results of an elicited production task indicate that HSs maintain a systemic difference between their two languages. In German, HSs produce PolQs in a monolingual like manner. In Italian of HSs, both monolingual-like performance and CLI from German has been observed. Early Italian use is beneficial for monolingual-like outcomes in the HL.

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德语为主的意大利语传承者的极性问题语调

在遗产语言（HL）研究中，遗产说话人（HSs）语音的前音方面最近才开始受到关注，其结果也是好坏参半。一些研究报告称，跨语言影响（CLI）对传承语语调的影响很大，而另一些研究则认为这种影响很小。本研究为这一争论做出了贡献，研究了 30 个以德语为主要语言的意大利语中学的两种语言中极性问题（PolQs）的语调模式。这种语言组合在 PolQs 中显示出重叠和独特的语调模式，使语调在二语语言习得中可能受到 CLI 的影响。诱发性生产任务的结果表明，HSs 在两种语言之间保持着系统性差异。在德语中，HSs 以类似单语的方式发出 PolQs。在 HS 的意大利语中，既可以观察到类似单语的表现，也可以观察到来自德语的 CLI。早期使用意大利语有利于在 HL 中取得类似单语的结果。

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Linguistic Approaches To Bilingualism Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language

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3.20

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： LAB provides an outlet for cutting-edge, contemporary studies on bilingualism. LAB assumes a broad definition of bilingualism, including: adult L2 acquisition, simultaneous child bilingualism, child L2 acquisition, adult heritage speaker competence, L1 attrition in L2/Ln environments, and adult L3/Ln acquisition. LAB solicits high quality articles of original research assuming any cognitive science approach to understanding the mental representation of bilingual language competence and performance, including cognitive linguistics, emergentism/connectionism, generative theories, psycholinguistic and processing accounts, and covering typical and atypical populations.