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Título
de la presentación:
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Babbling
in bilingual infants: is there evidence of code switching? |
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Tipo
de presentación:
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Ponencia
de 30' |
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Información
biográfica:
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Nancy
Johnstone is a graduate teacher from I.E.S en Lenguas
Vivas "Juan Ramón Fernández", and is at present working
on her dissertation for the Licenciatura en Inglés,
Universidad Nacional del Litoral. She holds a chair
at UBA, Facultad de Ingeniería and I.S.P. "Presb. Sáenz".
She has worked at bilingual schools since 1991. |
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Resumen
de la presentación:
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Are
bilingual infants confused by their codes or do they
already code switch during their babbling stage? This
paper analyses the results of an experiment conducted
as a single case study of a one-year-old being raised
bilingually. The aim of the experiment was to determine
whether he used a different code depending on his interlocutor's
language. |
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Abstract:
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Code switching has been studied predominantly in adults
and children over the age of three. Research in younger
children is scarce. The present study was conducted
as a single case study on the babbling of a one-year-old
who is being raised bilingually (Spanish/English).
The aim of the study was to determine whether the
baby babbled differently depending on the language
of the interlocutor and the context. The interlocutors
involved follow a one person - one language strategy
of interaction with the baby. The child's spontaneous
speech was recorded during interaction with his mother
(English) and with his grandmother (Spanish). So as
to make the contexts as clear-cut as possible, the
recordings took place while the child was alone with
each interlocutor at their respective homes. Samples
were recorded at the age of 1:2, 1:3, and 1:4 in order
to check whether the phenomenon under investigation
varied as the child approached the one-word stage.
The utterances were transcribed by a bilingual teacher
specialized in phonetics. The data is analysed and
the use of Spanish/English is discussed from a sociolinguistic
perspective.
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