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Cross-Language Influences in the Processing of Multiword Expressions: From a First Language to Second and Back
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In: Front Psychol (2021)
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The present study investigated cross-language influences in the processing of binomial expressions (knife and fork), from a first language (L1) to a second language (L2) and from L2 to L1. Two groups of unbalanced bilinguals (Chinese/L1-English/L2 and English/L1-Chinese/L2) and a control group of English monolinguals performed a visual lexical decision task that incorporated unmasked priming. To assess cross-language influences, we used three types of expressions: congruent binomials (English binomials that have translation equivalents in Chinese), English-only binomials, and Chinese-only binomials translated into English. Lexical decision latencies to the last word (fork) in a binomial (knife and fork) were compared with response latencies to the same word in a matched control phrase (spoon and fork). We found that (1) Chinese-English bilinguals showed a significant priming effect for congruent binomials but no facilitation for English-only binomials, (2) English–Chinese bilinguals showed a trend toward priming for congruent binomials, which did not reach statistical significance, and no priming for English-only binomials, (3) English monolinguals showed comparable priming for congruent and English-only binomials. With respect to the Chinese-only binomials, none of the three participant groups showed priming for translated Chinese-only binomials over controls. These findings suggest that L1 influences the processing of L2 binomials, and that there may be some cross-linguistic influence in the opposite direction, i.e., from L2 to L1, although to a lesser extent.
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Psychology
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URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8264060/ https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666520
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In: Education Publications (2021)
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The Effect of Gloss Type on Learners’ Intake of New Words During Reading: Evidence from Eye-tracking
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In: Education Publications (2018)
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Representation and processing of multi-word expressions in the brain
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On the Benefits of Multimodal Annotations for Vocabulary Uptake from Reading
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In: Education Publications (2017)
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An experimental design perspective on the affordances of concordances: Exploring the affordances of concordances from a language learning perspective
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Gender stereotypes across the ages: On-line processing in school-age children, young and older adults
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