Asymmetrical Language Switching Costs in Chinese-English Bilinguals' Number Naming and Simple Arithmetic

Autor/in	Campbell, Jamie I. D.
Titel	Asymmetrical Language Switching Costs in Chinese-English Bilinguals' Number Naming and Simple Arithmetic
Quelle	In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 8 (2005) 1, S.85-91 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-7289
DOI	10.1017/S136672890400207X
Schlagwörter	Reaction Time; Mandarin Chinese; Arithmetic; Costs; Bilingualism; Semitic Languages; Code Switching (Language) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reaktionsvermögen; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Cost; Kosten; Bilingualismus; Arabisch; Hebräisch
Abstract	Meuter and Allport (1999) demonstrated greater RT (response time) costs for bilinguals to switch to their first language (L1) from their second language (L2) relative to switching to L2 from L1. Here, analyses of digit naming and simple arithmetic (from 2+2 to 9+9 and from 2x2 to 9x9) by Chinese-English bilinguals demonstrated that these asymmetrical language switching costs can vary with stimulus format (Arabic or Mandarin numerals), and that the asymmetry is observed both with direct retrieval (e.g. naming the digit "8") and indirect retrieval from the lexicon (e.g. answering "2+6"). Inhibitory processes in language selection entail format- and task-specific skills. (Author).
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