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The roles of study-abroad experience and working-memory capacity in the types of errors made during translation.

TOKOWICZ, NATASHA, MICHAEL, ERICA B., KROLL, JUDITH F.·2004·Bilingualism Language and Cognition

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We examined the effects of study-abroad experience (SAE) and working-memory capacity (WMC) on the types of errors made during single-word translation from the first language to the second language, contrasting non-response with meaning errors (i.e. when individuals translate semantically-related words instead of the target word). SAE and WMC interacted; individuals with more SAE and higher WMC made as many meaning as non-response errors, whereas individuals in the other groups made more non-response than meaning errors. We conclude that SAE encourages the use of approximate translations to communicate, but only higher WMC learners can do so because this strategy requires multiple items to be maintained in memory simultaneously. A speech-production model is adapted to capture our results and demonstrate the effects of differential working memory demands on producing correct translations, meaning errors, and non-response errors.

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Authors
TOKOWICZ, N., MICHAEL, E. B., & KROLL, J. F.
Affiliations
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Carnegie Mellon University (US)
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
Venue
Bilingualism Language and Cognition
Published
2004-11-15
Volume
7
Issue
3
Pages
255-272
ISSN
  • 1366-7289 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-1841
OpenAlex
W2118021841
Cited by
156
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33
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2.01
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journal article
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en
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
Keywords
study abroad experience, working memory capacity, translation errors, nonresponse error, speech production models, bilingual translation, second language acquisition

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