89). This means that some children mix a lot and others do not mix much. Crago (2011), children may even mix differently and at different rates with different members of the family (p.89). Analyzing Alina’s speech we can see that she does not mixes much, yet the only word that we see she says most is “naranjas.” According to Anderson and Brice (1999), children are able to keep both languages separate with each parent and is able to code mix when is appropriate. This supports Alinas’ language mix because Alina is able to keep language separate or mix them depending on the environment of language (e.g. which parent she speaks to). As mentioned before, Alina’s mother speaks to her in English and her father speaks to her in Spanish so Alina is able to separate her language depending on who she is talking to
89). This means that some children mix a lot and others do not mix much. Crago (2011), children may even mix differently and at different rates with different members of the family (p.89). Analyzing Alina’s speech we can see that she does not mixes much, yet the only word that we see she says most is “naranjas.” According to Anderson and Brice (1999), children are able to keep both languages separate with each parent and is able to code mix when is appropriate. This supports Alinas’ language mix because Alina is able to keep language separate or mix them depending on the environment of language (e.g. which parent she speaks to). As mentioned before, Alina’s mother speaks to her in English and her father speaks to her in Spanish so Alina is able to separate her language depending on who she is talking to