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Conference on Formal Approaches to Heritage Language University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus Center e d . April 21-22, 2012 t r a g t t u t s - Early voice acquisition i n u . w w of heritage Greek in Germany w Katerina Zombolou & Artemis Alexiadou University of Stuttgart Greek Voice System e d . The Modern Greek (MG) verbal system exhibits two different voice forms: t r a g t t (a) the active (Act) and u t s (b) the non-active form (NAct) - ni u . The Act-form is typically found with transitive (causative) verbs (1) w w and a subclass of anticausatives (2): w Zombolou & Alexiadou Greek Voice System (cont.) e d . t r The NAct-form typically alternates with the Act-form and is found with reflexives a g t (3), a subclass of anticausatives (4), and passives (5): t u t s - i n u . w w w Zombolou & Alexiadou Greek Voice System (cont.) e d . t r a Some verbs, however, lack an active form and only bear the NAct-form. These g t verbs have been called „deponents“ in the literature. Some of them are t u t unaccusative/intransitive predicates (6a), while others are transitive (6b). s - i n u . w w w (Embick 2000; Zombolou and Alexiadou under review; and references therein) Zombolou & Alexiadou Research questions e d . t r a In our study we raised the following questions: g t t u t A. Does the marked NAct-form confuse children and forces them to produce s - i errors by overusing the un-marked Act-form in place of the NAct-form? n u . w w B. Are all voice structures associated with the NAct-form acquired the same w way/in the same speed? C. Do the corresponding voice structures in bilingual heritage children transfer from the one language to other? D. Do bilingual heritage children acquire the two languages like their monolingual counterparts? Zombolou & Alexiadou Participants and methods e d . t Child: - Boy, Filakos r a g - Simultaneous balanced Greek-German bilingual, 3rd generation t t Greek heritage speaker in (South) Germany u t s - Age at exposure to Greek and German: 0;0:1 - i n u Mother: Simultaneous, balanced Greek-German bilingual, 2nd gen. . w Father: Monolingual German w w Input Greek: - Mother (speaks to F only in Greek) - Grandmother (speaks to F only in Greek) - Greek relatives and family friends (speak to F only in Greek) - Songs and books Input German: - Father (speaks to F only in German) - German relatives and family friends (speak to F only in German) - Songs and Books - Children friends of F - Kindergarten 2;6-2;8 (1x weekly); 2;8-2;9 (3x weekly) Method: longitudinal study (av. 2 hours daily) Age at recording: 2;0 – 2;9 Zombolou & Alexiadou Results e d . t r a g t t u t s - i n u . w w w Diagramm 1 Voice structures in Greek by a German-Greek bilingual child, 2;0-2;9 Zombolou & Alexiadou Examples e d . t r a NAct-Deponents g t t u t s - i n u . w w w Zombolou & Alexiadou Examples (cont.) e d . t r a Act-Anticausatives g t t u t s - i n u . w w w Zombolou & Alexiadou Examples (cont.) e d . NAct-Reflexives t r a g t t u t s - i n u . w w w Zombolou & Alexiadou
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