The cognitive aspect of the language interference

In the following article language interference is being investigated from the point of the conceptual integration theory, which proposes two conceptual domains on the basis of similarities to integrate forming a blend. As well, the contact of languages provokes the conflict and then the interpenetration of two linguistic systems in the mind of a user. Two conceptual domains are presented by the contacting languages, which on the basis of the linguistic interference form a blend – a mixed language structure. Various definitions of the language interference have been observed in the article; nevertheless, all the linguists consider that the interaction of the linguistic systems in a speaker’s mind leads to the formation of the third integrated system based on the components of both contactors. This assumption has been used to elaborate and present the figure underlying the process of the language interference based on the conceptual integration. To illustrate the theory, the examples on the morphological, lexical and syntactic levels of the mixed language Spanglish have been examined. The given language is the mixture of the English and the Spanish languages, which are interfering in all hierarchical levels. The emphasis in the analysis has been made on the conceptual blending of the two language systems on the levels of Spanglish hierarchy.

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