An Interaction between the Effects of Bilingualism and Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Balanced and Unbalanced Bilingual Adults' L2 Mandarin Word-Reading Production

Autor/in	Hsu, Hsiu-Ling
Titel	An Interaction between the Effects of Bilingualism and Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Balanced and Unbalanced Bilingual Adults' L2 Mandarin Word-Reading Production
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 46 (2017) 4, S.935-962 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-016-9472-9
Schlagwörter	Interaction; Bilingualism; Mandarin Chinese; Adults; Second Language Learning; Interlanguage; Interference (Language); Monolingualism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interaktion; Bilingualismus; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Zielsprache
Abstract	We conducted three experiments investigating in more detail the interaction between the two effects of bilingualism and L1-L2 similarity in the speech performance of balanced and unbalanced bilinguals. In Experiment 1, L1 Mandarin monolinguals and two groups of Hakka and Minnan balanced bilinguals (Hakka: more similar to Mandarin) performed a non-contextual single-character reading task in Mandarin, which required more inhibitory control. The two bilingual groups outperformed the monolinguals, regardless of their L1 background. However, the bilingual advantage was not found in a contextual multi-word task (Experiment 2), but instead the effect of cross-linguistic similarity emerged. Furthermore, in Experiment 3, the Hakka unbalanced bilinguals showed an advantage in the non-contextual task, while their Minnan counterparts did not, and the impact of L1-L2 similarity emerged in both tasks. These results unveiled the way the two effects dynamically interplayed depending on the task contexts and the relative degrees of using L1 and L2. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01