Processing across the language boundary: a cross-modal priming study of Spanish-English bilinguals
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A cross-modal naming paradigm was used to assess within- and between-language sentential priming in Spanish-English bilinguals. The paradigm used single-language auditory texts with visual target words under normal, visually degraded, speeded, and delayed naming conditions. Cross-language priming was always observed when the target language was predictable (in the blocked condition), even under speeded conditions. When the target language was unpredictable (in the mixed condition), cross-language priming was observed only when response was delayed (delayed naming) and under a subset of conditions when word recognition was delayed (visual degradation). Results are compatible with the idea that cross-language priming in a sentence context is more likely to involve the use of expectations, strategic processes, or both that allow bilinguals to tune themselves to external conditions. There are enough exceptions to the general rule, however, to warrant a reconsideration of the lexical-postlexical dichotomy. Implication for modular versus interactive models of lexical access are discussed.
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- Authors
- Hernandez, A. E., Bates, E. A., & Avila, L. X.
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- Bates, Elizabeth A.
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- Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
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- 1996
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- 22
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- 4
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- 846-864
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- 0278-7393 (ISSN-L)
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- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01DC000216, 2-RO1-DC00216-10)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
- Keywords
- cross-language priming, bilingual language processing, Spanish-English bilinguals, sentence priming, word recognition, visual deterioration, response speed, lexical access
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attention, Female, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Language, Language Development, Male, Phonetics, Psycholinguistics, Reaction Time, Reading, Mental Recall, Speech Perception, Verbal Learning
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