SubjectsThe 128 bilingual Ss were recruited from classes at Carleton University. Ottawa University. and the LaSalle Acadernv Hish School. as well as from the Ottawa community in response io advertisements in local newspapers. .-\11 Ss were paid S1 for participating. Information about Ss was obtained in a precxperirnental questionnaire that was also used to classify Ss along the compound-coordinate continuum. ~Iean values for ability to read. write. and comprehend the second lansuaee were based on a self-rating on a 7•point scale. with 7 indk;ting "very good." Persons who did not rate themselves at least 4 on ;111 three criteria were not included in the experiment. Xone of the differences in self-ratlng between compound and coordinate bilinguals were significant \:Iy t test III = .0.51.
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