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Table 4.6
Predictions regarding acceleration or delay by home language group
Prediction
In whom?
ENGLISH
WELSH
A. Similar structures:
ComparativeSuperlativeFutureUniversal/Exhaustive Quantifi
cation
Existential/Non-Universal Quantifi
cation
Acceleration
- ALL BILINGUALS: Bilinguals will exceed
monolinguals
BILS
> MONS
n.a.
- DOMINANT IN OTHER LANGUAGE: Those
dominant in other language will carry over to this language
OWH
> OEH,
WEH
OEH
> OWH,
WEH
- BALANCED BILINGUALS: Balanced
bilinguals will transfer between languages
WEH
> OEH,
WEH
WEH
> OEH,
WEH
B. Dissimilar structures:
PassivePresent PerfectTime conjunctionsOS Relative ClausesSS Relative ClausesSO Relative Clauses
Deceleration
- ALL BILINGUALS
BILS
< MONS
n.a.
- DOMINANT IN OTHER LANGUAGE
OWH
< OEH,
WEH
OEH
< OWH,
WEH
- BALANCED BILINGUALS
WEH
< OEH,
WEH
WEH
< OEH,
WEH