VOL. 54, BOOK 1, PART A, 2016, pp. 346 – 357 Full text (Bg)
Author: Vehbie Balieva
Affiliation: St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo
Abstract
The article presents the results of an eclectic research of the bilingual linguistic identities of children in Bulgaria aged 5-6 years who are of Turkish descent from a cognitive approach viewpoint. The example has been derived from the sociolinguistic study of children’s speech and a free associative experiment. It is the author’s belief that the linguistic identity of the bilingual child can be presented as a three-level structure. Processes of linguistic, cognitive and frame interference occur at each respective level. Examples of each type of interference are presented.
Key words: bilingual linguistic identity, association, concept, frame, linguistic interference, cognitive interference, frame interference
