Week 6 Midterm Def Flashcards
1
Q
Code-Switching
A
The practice of intentionally mixing two or more languages in a single utterance by fluent multi/bi-linguals
2
Q
Heritage Language
A
Minority language that is learned by its speakers as children at home
3
Q
Bilingual Cognitive Advantages
A
Compared to monolinguals, bilinguals show an advantage in attention network test reaction times and more efficiency in alerting and executive control
4
Q
Cognate
A
Lexical entires in different languages that share similar phonology and/or print
5
Q
Cross-Language Transfer
A
Language skills in L1 help process L2 and vice versa
