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L2-induced changes in the L1 of Germans living in the Netherlands*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

ANNE RIBBERT  and
FOLKERT KUIKEN
ANNE RIBBERT
Affiliation:
Radboud University Nijmegen
FOLKERT KUIKEN*
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam
*
Address for correspondence: Folkert Kuiken, Department of Dutch Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, Spuistraat 134, 1012 VB Amsterdam, The Netherlandsf.kuiken@uva.nl
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Abstract

This article reports on an investigation of changes in the grammatical competence of Germans living in the Netherlands. The participants (N = 52) were asked to give their judgments on the grammaticality of infinitive clauses in German. The judgments of this group were compared to those of a control group that lived in Germany and did not have contact with Dutch. The results revealed significant changes in the participants’ L1, which indicate transfer from the cognate L2, Dutch. Furthermore, it could be demonstrated that L2-induced changes can occur after a relatively short period of time, at least in the case of cognate languages.

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Research Article
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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 13 , Issue 1: New perspectives on L1 attrition , January 2010 , pp. 41 - 48
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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Footnotes

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The authors want to thank the students who participated in the study and the Chair of Second Language Acquisition of the University of Amsterdam for financial support.

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