Early Activation of Cross-Language Meaning from Phonology during Sentence Processing

Autor/inn/en	Friesen, Deanna C.; Ward, Olivia; Bohnet, Jessica; Cormier, Pierre; Jared, Debra
Titel	Early Activation of Cross-Language Meaning from Phonology during Sentence Processing
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46 (2020) 9, S.1754-1767 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Friesen, Deanna C.) ORCID (Bohnet, Jessica) ORCID (Cormier, Pierre)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000849
Schlagwörter	Phonology; Language Processing; Bilingualism; Reading Processes; French; English; Comparative Analysis; Eye Movements; Spelling; Vocabulary; Error Patterns; Transfer of Training; Individual Differences; Semantics; Sentences; Tests; College Students; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fonologie; Sprachverarbeitung; Bilingualismus; Leseprozess; Französisch; English language; Englisch; Augenbewegung; Schreibweise; Wortschatz; Fehlertyp; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Individueller Unterschied; Semantik; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Collegestudent; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	The current study investigated whether shared phonology across languages activates cross-language meaning when reading in context. Eighty-five bilinguals read English sentences while their eye movements were tracked. Critical sentences contained English members of English-French interlingual homophone pairs (e.g., "mow"; French homophone mate "mot" means "word") or they contained spelling control words (e.g., "mop"). Only the meaning of the unseen French homophone mate fit the context (e.g., Hannah wrote another "mow/mop" on the blackboard for the spelling test). Differences in fixation durations between homophone errors and spelling control errors provided evidence for cross-language activation that extended to semantic representations. When the unseen French homophone was of high frequency, shorter first fixations and gaze durations were observed on English interlingual homophones than on English control words, providing evidence that the French meaning associated with the shared phonology was activated during early stage word identification. Individual differences analyses showed that these effects were larger when bilinguals were using the nontarget language (i.e., French) more regularly in daily life. Results provide evidence that cross-language activation of phonology can be sufficiently strong to activate corresponding semantic representations during single language sentence processing. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01