True or False? Code mixing is due to lack of differentiation of the two languages.
False
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Describe one of the reasons why bilingual children code-mix.
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Describe one of the reasons why bilingual children code-mix.
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Describe one of the reasons why bilingual children code-mix.
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Name the 3 contextual variables mentioned in the reading that affect bilingual children's code-mixing.
Interlocutor, topic, and purpose of interaction
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Children might be more likely to incorporate structures from their dominant into their weaker language than vice versa
True
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Bilingual children do not exhibit the same rate of morphosyntactic development as monolingual children.
False, BFL learners exhibit the same rate of morphosyntactic development.
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Crosslinguistic transfers can happen with overlapping and non-overlapping morphosyntactic structures.
True
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Mention one aspect of lexical development that is similar for both BFL and monolingual learners.
Both produce their first words at about the same age, they have simmilar rates of vocabulary acquisition, and the distribution of lexical categories is similar.
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Can both BFL and monolingual learners distinguish between two languages early in development?
Yes!
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What is the difference between BFL and monolingual learners' phonemic discrimination?
Monolinguals’ discrimination ability becomes language-specific after 6 months, and bilinguals exhibit phonemic discrimination somewhat later (vowels by 12 mo)
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Bilingual children show a delay in the ability to use phonetic contrasts in word learning.
True
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The age of onset of canonical babbling is different for bilingual and monolingual children.
False. The age of onset of canonical babbling happens around 27 weeks for bilinguals and monolinguals (Oller et al. 1997).
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Bilingual children are not able to exhibit appropriate language choices with strangers, they can only communicate effectively with familiar interlocutors who share their code-mixing patterns.
False!
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How are BFL learners resourceful?
They code-mix to fill lexical gaps, they transfer morphosyntactic structures, and they are able to manage two languages to communicate effectively.
