First Language Change in Turkish-English Bilinguals

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Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi
Volume:31 Issue:1
First Language Change in Turkish-English Bilinguals

First Language Change in Turkish-English Bilinguals

Authors : Ayşe GÜREL

Pages : 45-58

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Publication Date : 2016-02-16

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This paper examines whether the first language (L1) Turkish grammar would be restructured on the model of second language (L2) English due to prolonged L2 exposure in Turkish-English bilinguals (late L2 learners) living in Turkey and those living in an English-speaking country. The linguistic structure under investigation is wh-scrambling. The results of an acceptability judgment task revealed the same tendencies in the bilingual groups and monolingual controls towards rejection of certain grammatical wh-extractions. Therefore, the observed changes do not qualify to be L2-induced attrition effects. Rather, these findings may imply a language-internal change towards avoidance of wh-scrambling.
Keywords : First Language Change, Bilingualism, Turkish, Wh scrambling, Island Constraints

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