ERP Response Unveils Effect of Second Language Manipulation on First Language Processing.
Lexical access in bilinguals has been considered either selective or non-selective and evidence exists in favor of both hypotheses. We conducted a linguistic experiment to assess whether a bilingual's language mode influences the processing of first language information. We recorded event relat...
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doaj-02093e91769e4d1699dfcfe2618f05c92020-11-25T00:08:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-011111e016719410.1371/journal.pone.0167194ERP Response Unveils Effect of Second Language Manipulation on First Language Processing.Elvira KhachatryanFlavio CamarroneWim FiasMarc M Van HulleLexical access in bilinguals has been considered either selective or non-selective and evidence exists in favor of both hypotheses. We conducted a linguistic experiment to assess whether a bilingual's language mode influences the processing of first language information. We recorded event related potentials during a semantic priming paradigm with a covert manipulation of the second language (L2) using two types of stimulus presentations (short and long). We observed a significant facilitation of word pairs related in L2 in the short version reflected by a decrease in N400 amplitude in response to target words related to the English meaning of an inter-lingual homograph (homograph-unrelated group). This was absent in the long version, as the N400 amplitude for this group was similar to the one for the control-unrelated group. We also interviewed the participants whether they were aware of the importance of L2 in the experiment. We conclude that subjects participating in the long and short versions were in different language modes: closer to monolingual mode for the long and closer to bilingual mode for the short version; and that awareness about covert manipulation of L2 can influence the language mode, which in its turn influences the processing of the first language.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5125703?pdf=render |
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Elvira Khachatryan Flavio Camarrone Wim Fias Marc M Van Hulle ERP Response Unveils Effect of Second Language Manipulation on First Language Processing. PLoS ONE |
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Elvira Khachatryan Flavio Camarrone Wim Fias Marc M Van Hulle |
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ERP Response Unveils Effect of Second Language Manipulation on First Language Processing. |
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ERP Response Unveils Effect of Second Language Manipulation on First Language Processing. |
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ERP Response Unveils Effect of Second Language Manipulation on First Language Processing. |
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ERP Response Unveils Effect of Second Language Manipulation on First Language Processing. |
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ERP Response Unveils Effect of Second Language Manipulation on First Language Processing. |
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erp response unveils effect of second language manipulation on first language processing. |
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Lexical access in bilinguals has been considered either selective or non-selective and evidence exists in favor of both hypotheses. We conducted a linguistic experiment to assess whether a bilingual's language mode influences the processing of first language information. We recorded event related potentials during a semantic priming paradigm with a covert manipulation of the second language (L2) using two types of stimulus presentations (short and long). We observed a significant facilitation of word pairs related in L2 in the short version reflected by a decrease in N400 amplitude in response to target words related to the English meaning of an inter-lingual homograph (homograph-unrelated group). This was absent in the long version, as the N400 amplitude for this group was similar to the one for the control-unrelated group. We also interviewed the participants whether they were aware of the importance of L2 in the experiment. We conclude that subjects participating in the long and short versions were in different language modes: closer to monolingual mode for the long and closer to bilingual mode for the short version; and that awareness about covert manipulation of L2 can influence the language mode, which in its turn influences the processing of the first language. |
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