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Verbs of motion in L1 Russian of Russian–English bilinguals*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

ANETA PAVLENKO
ANETA PAVLENKO*
Affiliation:
Temple University
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Address for correspondence: CITE Department, College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USAapavlenk@temple.edu
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Abstract

This study examines the motion lexicon in narratives elicited from Russian–English bilinguals. Lexical choices made by the participants are compared to those made by native speakers of Russian and English in narratives elicited by the same stimuli. The analysis of bilinguals’ narratives shows that lexicalization of motion is not subject to L2 influence in these bilinguals. A few instances of L2 influence on L1 uncovered in the data are used to discuss the forms L1 attrition might take in the Russian motion lexicon.

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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. 49 - 62
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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Footnotes

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The research reported here was partially funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (CFDA 84.229, P229A020010–03) to the Center of Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER). However, the contents of the paper do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, nor are they endorsed by the Federal Government. I thank Victoria Driagina and Nina Vyatkina for their invaluable assistance with data collection.

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