Language Nonselective Lexical Access in Bilingual Toddlers

Autor/inn/en	Von Holzen, Katie; Mani, Nivedita
Titel	Language Nonselective Lexical Access in Bilingual Toddlers
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 113 (2012) 4, S.569-586 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2012.08.001
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Priming; Word Recognition; Interference (Language); Bilingualism; Second Language Learning; Monolingualism; Translation; Toddlers; Native Language; Transfer of Training; Phonology; Rhyme; Cues; Control Groups; Language Fluency; Language Acquisition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Worterkennung; Bilingualismus; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Fonologie; Reim; Stichwort; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb
Abstract	We examined how words from bilingual toddlers' second language (L2) primed recognition of related target words in their first language (L1). On critical trials, prime-target word pairs were either (a) phonologically related, with L2 primes overlapped phonologically with L1 target words [e.g., "slide" (L2 prime)-"Kleid" (L1 target, "dress")], or (b) phonologically related through translation, with L1 translations of L2 primes rhymed with the L1 target words [e.g., "leg" (L2 prime, L1 translation, "Bein")-"Stein" (L1 target, "stone"). Evidence of facilitated target recognition in the phonological priming condition suggests language nonselective access but not necessarily "lexical" access. However, a late interference effect on target recognition in the phonological priming through translation condition provides evidence for language nonselective lexical access: The L2 prime ("leg") could influence L1 target recognition ("Stein") in this condition only if both the L2 prime ("leg") and its L1 translation ("Bein") were concurrently activated. In addition, age- and gender-matched monolingual toddler controls showed no difference between conditions, providing further evidence that the results with bilingual toddlers were driven by cross-language activation. The current study, therefore, presents the first-ever evidence of cross-talk between the two languages of bilinguals even as they begin to acquire fluency in their second language. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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