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Constraints on variation, reduplication of semantics, and degrees of freedom: some notes on the computational account of code mixing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

ROBERT J. HARTSUIKER
ROBERT J. HARTSUIKER*
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Ghent University
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Address for correspondence: Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgiumrobert.hartsuiker@ugent.be
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Goldrick, Putnam and Schwarz (2016) propose a very explicit account of code mixing, which nicely draws implications from the well-established findings of coactivation during bilingual language production, and that code mixing is constrained by grammatical principles. This precise characterization will undoubtedly serve as a useful basis for further research on code mixing, second language sentence production, and syntactic learning. However, there are three issues with the account that require further elaboration.

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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 19 , Issue 5 , November 2016 , pp. 887 - 888
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