Language and thought in a multilingual context : the case of isiXhosa

Bylund, Emanuel and Athanasopoulos, Panos (2014) Language and thought in a multilingual context : the case of isiXhosa. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 17 (2). pp. 431-441. ISSN 1366-7289

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Abstract

Situated within the grammatical aspect approach to motion event cognition, this study takes a first step in investigating language and thought in functional multilinguals by studying L1 isiXhosa speakers living in South Africa. IsiXhosa being a non-aspect language, the study investigates how the knowledge and use of additional languages with grammatical aspect influence cognition of endpoint-oriented motion events among L1 isiXhosa speakers. Results from a triads-matching task show that participants who often used aspect languages and had greater exposure to English in primary education were less prone to rely on endpoints when categorising motion events.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? linguistic relativitymotion eventsgrammatical aspectmultilingualismisixhosaeducationlinguistics and language ??
ID Code:
71267
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Deposited On:
15 Oct 2014 15:53
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Yes
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Published
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15 Jul 2024 14:50