The role of minority language bilingualism in spotting agreement attraction errors: Evidence from Italian varieties.

ABSTRACT: Bilingual adaptations remain a subject of ongoing debate, with varying results reported across cognitive domains. A possible way to disentangle the apparent inconsistency of results is to focus on the domain of language processing, which is what the bilingual experience boils down to. This study delves into the role of the bilingual experience on the processing of agreement mismatches. Given the underrepresentation of minority bilingual speakers of non-standard varieties, we advance a unique comparative perspective that includes monolinguals, standard language bilinguals, and different groups of minority language bilinguals, taking advantage of the rich linguistic diversity of the Italian peninsula. This comparative approach can reveal the impact of various sociolinguistic aspects of the b

SUBMITTER: Masullo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898745 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature