This article deals with a cross-linguistic contact phenomenon which, in spite of having been acknowledged in some of its forms by several scholars, has not yet been given a precise characterization: linguistic interference of frequency. Specifically, the following objectives are herein raised: 1) to characterize this phenomenon satisfactorily, 2) to reflect upon its perceptibility and whether it should or should not be condemned in bilingual education, and 3) to make some remarks on the use of terms such as frequency Anglicism. The main conclusions reached are the following: 1) interference of frequency consists in a quantitative deviation in relation to the relevant language due to the speaker's knowing another language, a deviation that may be cross-linguistically convergent or divergent; 2) there is no reason to condemn such a phenomenon generically, and, if there were one, one should also have to condemn it in its cross-linguistically divergent form; 3) terms such as frequency Anglicism must be used only to refer to cross-linguistically convergent cases of the phenomenon, but never to refer to the linguistic elements being overused themselves.
Keywords:
languages in contact, linguistic interference of frequency, bilingual education, terms such as frequency Anglicism
Echeverría Arriagada, C. (2016). Linguistic interference of frequency. Boletín De Filología, 51(1), 93–115. Retrieved from https://pedagogiaderecho.uchile.cl/index.php/BDF/article/view/42101
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