Constraints on variation, reduplication of semantics, and degrees of freedom: some notes on the computational account of code mixing. Issue 5 (3rd February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: HARTSUIKER, ROBERT J.
• Is Part Of: Bilingualism. Volume 19:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 887
• Page End: 888
• Publication Date: 2016-02-03
• Subjects: Bilingualism -- Periodicals; Psycholinguistics -- Periodicals; Language acquisition -- Periodicals; 404.2
• DOI: 10.1017/S1366728916000092
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1366-7289

Abstract

Abstract : 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.