Semantic and Conceptual Factors in Spanish-English Bilinguals' Processing of Lexical Categories in Their Two Languages

Autor/inn/en	Gathercole, Virginia C. Mueller; Stadthagen-González, Hans; Pérez-Tattam, Rocío; Yava?, Feryal
Titel	Semantic and Conceptual Factors in Spanish-English Bilinguals' Processing of Lexical Categories in Their Two Languages
Quelle	In: Second Language Research, 32 (2016) 4, S.537-562 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-6583
DOI	10.1177/0267658316657134
Schlagwörter	Semantics; Spanish; Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Bilingualism; English (Second Language); Adults; Language Fluency; Accuracy; Correlation; Transfer of Training; Classification; Task Analysis; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Statistical Analysis; Reaction Time; Foreign Countries; Florida; Nicaragua; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Semantik; Spanisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Bilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Korrelation; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Aufgabenanalyse; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Statistische Analyse; Reaktionsvermögen; Ausland
Abstract	This study examines possible semantic interaction in fully fluent adult simultaneous and early second language (L2) bilinguals. Monolingual and bilingual speakers of Spanish and English (n = 144) were tested for their understanding of lexical categories that differed in their two languages. Simultaneous bilinguals came from homes in which Spanish or Spanish and English were spoken when they were children, and L2 bilinguals entered the US as children. Accuracy data show higher ultimate attainment of language-specific semantic knowledge in English than in Spanish, but in both languages the interaction of the semantic categories with conceptual knowledge is observable. The data reveal subtle differences in early bilinguals' extensions of words, but only in some types of categories, and modified by level of proficiency. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01