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Dorian, Nancy C. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2006
Receding languages in contact with an expanding language are susceptible to various forms of transfer, including covert transfer or negative borrowing, the elimination of features not shared by the expanding language. Retention of two Scottish Gaelic grammatical features with English parallels and of two grammatical features without English…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Official Languages, Linguistic Borrowing, Grammar