Cross talk between native and second languages: partial activation of an irrelevant lexicon

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to analyze the input-switch account using spoken language stimuli and monolingual stimulus sets. Analyses of variances were computed by subjects and by items. Results indicated some overlap between two languages in bilinguals. Findings also showed support for parallel, interactive accounts of spoken word recognition in general. Bilingual listeners do not appear to be able to deactivate the irrelevant mental lexicon when in a monolingual situation.

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Motion-verb generalizations in English and Spanish: influences of language and syntax

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A study on how adult English and Spanish speakers interpret novel motion verbs reveal that both groups of persons have lexical and syntactical differences of generalizing the composition of such verbs. English speakers used verbs to describe the manner of motion while the Spanish speakers employed verbs to represent the path of motion. The sentence structures in both languages also affected how both groups of speakers interpreted the novel verbs.

English language, Grammar, Comparative and general, Grammar, Spanish language

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On the functional equivalence of monolinguals and bilinguals in "monolingual mode": the bilingual anticipation effect in picture-word processing

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to analyze the anticipation effect using a picture-word translation task to compare English monolinguals and Spanish-English bilinguals functioning in monolingual mode. Results indicated that the bilingual anticipation effect is not specific to language-mixing tasks. Findings also showed that stimulus-processing uncertainty hinders the establishment of a base symbolic-system procedure and the inhibition of others.

Expectations, Expectation (Philosophy)

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