Abstract
This study investigates word order variation in Korean-English and Japanese-English code-switching, with specific focus on the relative placement of the object and the verb in two contrasting word orders, Object-Verb (OV) vs. Verb-Object (VO). The results of an experiment eliciting code-switching judgment data provides strong evidence indicating that the distinction between heavy vs. light verbs plays a major role in deriving different word orders in mixed verb constructions in Korean-English and Japanese-English code-switching. In particular, an explanation pursued in this research supports the hypothesis that parametric variation is attributed to differences in the features of a functional category in the lexicon, as assumed in Minimalist Syntax.
Highlights
The present study investigates code-switching (CS), the concurrent use of more than one language in a conversation, commonly observed in bilingual speech
Under the assumption that CS is not random but subject to universal principles [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], just like monolingual grammars, this study provides a grammatical account of CS, with particular emphasis on OV~VO variation in two typologically similar language pairs, Korean-English (KE) and Japanese-English (JE), which exhibit a number of interesting features that need to be explained
To assess the role of heavy vs. light verb status in CS in both literal and non-literal/idiomatic phrases, materials were constructed in accordance with a 2 × 2 factorial design, combining Verb Type phrases, materials were constructed in accordance with a 2 ˆ 2 factorial design, combining Verb Type and Interpretation
Summary
The present study investigates code-switching (CS), the concurrent use of more than one language in a conversation, commonly observed in bilingual speech. Under the assumption that CS is not random but subject to universal principles [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], just like monolingual grammars, this study provides a grammatical account of CS, with particular emphasis on OV~VO variation in two typologically similar language pairs, Korean-English (KE) and Japanese-English (JE), which exhibit a number of interesting features that need to be explained. The language of the verb determines the position of the object in both monolingual and bilingual contexts [5,6,7]
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