Abstract
The topic of this paper is convergence in an asymmetrical bilingual setting, and it will be shown that the outcome of the convergence process is different in the dominant language (L1) from what it is in the receiving language (L2). In L1, there is complication of the receiving language, while there is reduction in the syntax of the L2.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5-28 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Nordic Journal of Linguistics |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- adaption to pre-existing syntactic structures
- asymmetrical bilingualism
- convergence
- Recipient Language agentivity
- Language agentivity