Unbalanced bilingual acquisition as a mechanism of grammatical change

STEPHEN MATTHEWS ^[1] ; VIRGINIA YIP ^[2]
1. [1] University of Hong Kong
  
  University of Hong Kong
  
  RAE de Hong Kong (China)
2. [2] Chinese University of Hong Kong
  
  Chinese University of Hong Kong
  
  RAE de Hong Kong (China)
Localización: Bilingualism: Language and cognition, ISSN 1366-7289, Vol. 14, Nº 2, 2011, págs. 159-161
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Bilingual first language acquisition (BFLA) has been considered a possible mechanism of contact-induced change in several recent studies (Siegel, 2008, p. 117; Satterfield, 2005, p. 2075; Thomason, 2001, p. 148; Yip & Matthews, 2007, p.15). There is as yet little consensus on the question, with divergent views regarding both BFLA at the individual level and the implications for language change at the community level.