Do bilinguals have two personalities? A special case of cultural frame switching

Ramírez-Esparza, Nairán; Gosling, Samuel D.; Benet‐Martínez, Verónica; Potter, Jeffrey P.; Pennebaker, James W.

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2004.09.001

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“…Such differences are not only felt by the speaker, but can also been noted by observers and identified on psychological tests. A number of studies with bilingual participants have shown that scores on various psychological scales can be significantly different according to the language in which the test was taken (Hull 1990(Hull , 1996Ramirez-Esparza et al 2006;Veltkamp et al 2012).…”

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Multilinguals' perceptions of feeling different when switching languages

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Nakano

2013

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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Multilinguals' perceptions of feeling different when switching languages

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Nakano

2013

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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“…Going back to W. E. B. DuBois's (1903DuBois's ( /1989 Gosling, Benet-Martinez, Potter, & Pennebaker, 2006). Benet-Martinez has conducted a number of studies on bicultural identity integration (BII), which is the extent to which bicultural individuals are able to combine the self-attributions they associate with their different cultures into a coherent whole (e.g., Benet-Martinez & Haritatos, 2005;Benet-Martinez, Leu, Lee, & Morris, 2002).…”

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Self and Identity across the Life Span

McAdams

Cox

2010

The Handbook of Life‐Span Development

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“…Feelings of difference in different languages do not automatically imply variation on various personality dimensions, although some studies have pointed that this could be the case (Ramirez-Esparza et al, 2006;Veltkamp et al, 2013).…”

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Why do so many bi- and multilinguals feel different when switching languages?

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2015

International Journal of Multilingualism

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Is the feeling of difference experienced by many bi-and multilinguals linked to a later age of onset (AoA) and a lower level of proficiency in the foreign language (LX)? This empirical study, based on the qualitative and quantitative data from 1005 bi-and multilinguals, suggests AoA is unrelated to feelings of difference. While several participants mentioned the fact that limited proficiency in the LX made them feel different, no statistically significant relationship emerged between the amount of difference experienced when shifting languages and self-reported proficiency in speaking the LX, nor in frequency of use of the LX. The only independent variables to be linked to feeling different were education level, age and anxiety in speaking with colleagues and speaking on the phone in the second language and third language, with higher levels of the latter being linked to a stronger feeling of difference. Some participants presented unique explanations, linking feelings of difference to conscious or unconscious shifts in behaviour and to unique contexts of language use. Several participants also reported these feelings of difference to change over time.

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Do bilinguals have two personalities? A special case of cultural frame switching

Cited by 206 publications

References 35 publications

Multilinguals' perceptions of feeling different when switching languages

Multilinguals' perceptions of feeling different when switching languages

Self and Identity across the Life Span

Why do so many bi- and multilinguals feel different when switching languages?

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