Abstract The present study investigated cross-linguistic influence (CLI) in the word order of Dutch-English bilingual children, using elicited production and acceptability judgment tasks. The goal was to examine whether monolingual and bilingual children produced and/or accepted V2 word orders in English, as in * Yesterday painted she an apple. We investigated whether the likelihood of CLI was related to language dominance, age at testing, and the degree of surface overlap (i.e., V2 word orders with auxiliaries versus main verbs). Even though none of the participants produced V2 word orders in English, in the acceptability judgment task bilingual children were more likely to accept V2 word orders than monolingual peers. Whilst monolinguals sometimes accepted V2 word orders with auxiliaries, bilinguals did so significantly more often (constituting a quantitative difference) and with main verbs, too (implying a qualitative difference). Therefore, we conclude that CLI can occur independently of surface overlap and that it can lead to both quantitative and qualitative differences between bilinguals and monolinguals. The likelihood of CLI was predicted by language dominance, but not by age. Some bilinguals still accepted V2 word orders at age ten, suggesting that in some cases CLI may be more persistent than previously thought.

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词序中的跨语言影响

摘要 本研究使用引出式生产和可接受性判断任务调查了荷兰-英语双语儿童的词序中的跨语言影响（CLI）。目标是检查单语和双语儿童是否产生和/或接受英语中的 V2 词序，如 * 昨天给她画了一个苹果。我们调查了 CLI 的可能性是否与语言优势、测试年龄和表面重叠程度（即，带有辅助动词的 V2 词序与主要动词）有关。尽管没有参与者用英语产生 V2 词序，但在可接受性判断任务中，双语儿童比单语儿童更可能接受 V2 词序。虽然单语者有时会接受带有助词的 V2 词序，双语者这样做的频率明显更高（构成数量上的差异），并且主要动词也是如此（意味着质量上的差异）。因此，我们得出结论，CLI 可以独立于表面重叠而发生，并且它可以导致双语者和单语者之间的数量和质量差异。CLI 的可能性是由语言优势预测的，而不是由年龄预测的。一些双语者在 10 岁时仍然接受 V2 词序，这表明在某些情况下 CLI 可能比以前认为的更持久。CLI 的可能性是由语言优势预测的，而不是由年龄预测的。一些双语者在 10 岁时仍然接受 V2 词序，这表明在某些情况下 CLI 可能比以前认为的更持久。CLI 的可能性是由语言优势预测的，而不是由年龄预测的。一些双语者在 10 岁时仍然接受 V2 词序，这表明在某些情况下 CLI 可能比以前认为的更持久。