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Papiamento/Dutch code-switching in bilingual parent–child reading

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Pieter Muysken ,
Hetty Kook  and
Paul Vedder
Pieter Muysken*
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam
Hetty Kook
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam
Paul Vedder
Affiliation:
Leiden University
*
Pieter Muysken, Department of Linguistics, Spuistraat 210, 1012 VT Amsterdam, Netherlands. email: pieter.muysken@let.uva.nl
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Abstract

Code-switching between Papiamento and Dutch was studied in bilingual parent–child reading sessions in Antillian migrant families (who were to some extent bilingual in Papiamento and Dutch) in the Netherlands. Mothers were asked to read three picture books to their child: one in Dutch, one in Papiamento, and one without text. The code-switching in the data is studied from three perspectives: its relation to bilingual competence, its structural properties, and the implications for language change through lexical borrowing. Our data confirmed the results of earlier studies, which found that intimate code-switching within the clause is characteristic of fluent bilinguals. In our study, this held in particular for knowledge of Papiamento. Structurally, the type of code-switching encountered was predominantly insertional (with Papiamento as the dominant language), thus conforming to the constraints proposed for this type of switching. The single Dutch words that were frequently inserted into Papiamento utterances by the mothers could easily be interpreted by the child as Papiarnento and are likely to become borrowings in the next generation. We conclude with some remarks about the functions of code-switching in our data.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1996 , pp. 485 - 505
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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