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Torregrossa, Jacopo, Bongartz, Christiane and Tsimpli, Ianthi Maria (2019). Bilingual reference production A cognitive-computational account. Linguist. Approaches Biling., 9 (4-5). S. 569 - 600. AMSTERDAM: JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO. ISSN 1879-9272

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Abstract

We investigate reference production in bilingual children. Based on Kibrik (2011), we analyze the production of referring expressions in discourse in terms of activation of a referent. We propose a novel approach, which calculates activation by taking into account different activation-lending factors and their respective weight. This allows us to compare the activation encoded by referring expressions across languages and groups of speakers, and to run correlational analyses with the speakers' cognitive profiles. In particular, the study addresses the correlation between activation and lexical processing among bilinguals, based on the distribution of referring expressions in narratives by 20 German-Greek bilingual children, compared to their monolingual peers. We found that bilingual pronouns correspond to a lower activation than monolingual ones. Speed of lexical retrieval is a predictor of the bilingual performance. Our model of analysis accounts for how reference production varies across individuals and which cognitive mechanisms underlie this variation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Torregrossa, Jacopo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bongartz, Christiane UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tsimpli, Ianthi Maria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-131199
DOI:	10.1075/lab.17026.tor
Journal or Publication Title:	Linguist. Approaches Biling.
Volume:	9
Number:	4-5
Page Range:	S. 569 - 600
Date:	2019
Publisher:	JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1879-9272
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INTERLINGUAL HOMOGRAPHS; RECOGNITION; NARRATIVES; LANGUAGE; CHILDREN; GERMAN; SYNTAX; NOUN Multiple languages Linguistics; Language & Linguistics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/13119