International Journal of Bilingualism articles from December 2004

International Journal of Bilingualism archives from December 2004

A typology of surzhyk: mixed Ukrainian-Russian language.
December 1, 2004... Abstract A typology is developed that systematizes the various linguistic phenomena in Ukraine that are commonly referred to as surzhyk--a Ukrainian term meaning 'impure, mixed language'. The term surzhyk has become frequently used in...

Aspects of Russian-Estonian codeswitching: research perspectives *.
December 1, 2004... Abstract The article describes codeswitching (CS) as a new phenomenon in modern Russian-Estonian contacts. The author believes that a microsociolinguistic approach developed by Auer, Tabouret-Keller, Le Page, and others allows a flexible...

The development of narrative competence in the L1 and L2 of Spanish-English bilingual children.
December 1, 2004... Abstract The present paper examines the development of narrative competence in the two languages of three Spanish-English bilingual children with different proficiency levels in each language. The children's narratives, elicited at two...

A historical study of codeswitching in writing: German and Latin in Schottelius' Ausfuhrliche Arbeit von der Teutschen HaubtSprache (1663).
December 1, 2004... Abstract: The paper examines a major 17th century German text by the language theorist Justus-Georg Schottelius as an example of codeswitching in writing, an area which has received scant attention since an important study of Luther's...

The effect of the early teaching of English on writing proficiency.
December 1, 2004... Abstract The new political space shaped by the European Union has boosted the learning of foreign languages, however, the English language has acquired a higher profile than any other foreign language. The learning of English as the main...