Lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production
This research explores patterns of lexical activation of both languages of a bilingual when producing spoken words. Specifically, it investigates the influence of within- and cross-language measures of phonological neighbourhood, on the English picture naming performance of a diverse group of French...
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| author | Hameau, Solene Biedermann, Britta Nickels, Lyndsey |
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| description | This research explores patterns of lexical activation of both languages of a bilingual when producing spoken words. Specifically, it investigates the influence of within- and cross-language measures of phonological neighbourhood, on the English picture naming performance of a diverse group of French (L1)–English (L2) late bilinguals. A novel phonological neighbourhood density measure was used that took into account the phonological and lexical constraints of this sample of late bilinguals. Results showed that both within- and cross-language neighbours influenced picture naming performance and that the length of exposure to L2 and familiarity of the target modulated these effects, with both facilitatory and inhibitory effects observed. Additionally, the previously well-attested cognate facilitation effect decreased with L2 language exposure. These results support interactive models of word production, within a language non-specific view of lexical access, and show the dynamic nature of a bilingual’s lexical connections. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-831102021-07-15T05:48:15Z Lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production Hameau, Solene Biedermann, Britta Nickels, Lyndsey Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Behavioral Sciences Linguistics Psychology, Experimental Psychology Late bilingual lexical retrieval phonological neighbourhood density cross-linguistic influence L2 exposure cognate This research explores patterns of lexical activation of both languages of a bilingual when producing spoken words. Specifically, it investigates the influence of within- and cross-language measures of phonological neighbourhood, on the English picture naming performance of a diverse group of French (L1)–English (L2) late bilinguals. A novel phonological neighbourhood density measure was used that took into account the phonological and lexical constraints of this sample of late bilinguals. Results showed that both within- and cross-language neighbours influenced picture naming performance and that the length of exposure to L2 and familiarity of the target modulated these effects, with both facilitatory and inhibitory effects observed. Additionally, the previously well-attested cognate facilitation effect decreased with L2 language exposure. These results support interactive models of word production, within a language non-specific view of lexical access, and show the dynamic nature of a bilingual’s lexical connections. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83110 10.1080/23273798.2020.1863438 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190101490 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD restricted |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Behavioral Sciences Linguistics Psychology, Experimental Psychology Late bilingual lexical retrieval phonological neighbourhood density cross-linguistic influence L2 exposure cognate Hameau, Solene Biedermann, Britta Nickels, Lyndsey Lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production |
| title | Lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production |
| title_full | Lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production |
| title_fullStr | Lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production |
| title_short | Lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production |
| title_sort | lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production |
| topic | Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Behavioral Sciences Linguistics Psychology, Experimental Psychology Late bilingual lexical retrieval phonological neighbourhood density cross-linguistic influence L2 exposure cognate |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190101490 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83110 |