Effects of Cognate and Relatedness Status on Word Recognition in Russian-English Bilinguals of Upper-Intermediate and Advanced Levels

Temnikova, Irina; Nagel, Olga V.

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.08.082

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“…In Experiment 1, this approach demonstrated effects of crosslinguistic phonological similarity, semantic priming, and their interaction, on word recognition accuracy. Perhaps surprisingly, even in the clear listening conditions of Experiment 2, we were able to observe an effect of crosslinguistic interactions and semantic priming on word recognition processing speed, consistent with the report by Temnikova and Nagel (2015). Semantic priming shortened response times, whereas the existence of a matching crosslinguistic word (i.e., a cognate) slowed response times.…”

Section: Experiments 2 Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Specifically, they found that (1) low constraining sentences produced an inhibitory effect on L1 cognates and (2) when the sentence context was in L2, inhibitory effects were also found for high constraining sentences. As noted above, Temnikova and Nagel (2015) showed inhibitory effects of cognate status under conditions like those tested in Experiment 2 here. Effects of cognate status (be they inhibition or facilitation) provide evidence for the activation of the non-target language.…”

Section: Phonological Cognate Statussupporting

confidence: 67%

“…The facilitation produced by semantic priming suggests that when there is uncertainty produced by noise, second language processing by early/proficient bilinguals is flexible enough to make use of a constraining semantic context, boosting second language word recognition accuracy. This finding is consistent with other studies conducted in proficient bilingualś second language (Kousaie el al., 2019Temnikova & Nagel, 2015, and contrasts with the null effects of semantic priming previously found for non-proficient bilingualś second language (Golestani et al, 2009) and other null effects of context (e.g., lexical context) for non-proficient compared to proficient bilinguals (Samuel & Frost, 2015). Thus, flexible perception may depend on the strength of the associations between L2 sounds and meaning, and/or L2 words and L1 words, which is presumed to be greater for proficient compared to nonproficient bilinguals.…”

Section: Semantic Primingmentioning

confidence: 61%

“…To our knowledge, only one auditory word recognition study has manipulated the cognate status (phonological-lexical overlap) of a target together with semantic priming (Temnikova & Nagel, 2015). The subjects were Russian-English bilinguals with either intermediate (Experiment 1) or high levels (Experiment 2) of L2 proficiency.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We also expect effects of phonological cognate status in both experiments. However, whether this crosslinguistic manipulation will result in inhibition or facilitation is not obvious: The one previous auditory studywhich also manipulated semantic priming (Temnikova & Nagel, 2015)showed a cost for cognates, whereas most other (visual) studies found facilitation. Of particular interest in the current study is whether noisy listening conditions will induce an interaction between the two factors during auditory word recognition: Will cascading effects of noise, reliance on semantic context, and crosslinguistic interactions have an interdependent influence on the dynamics of lexical access?…”

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confidence: 99%

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The current study investigates how second language auditory word recognition, in early and highly proficient Spanish–Basque (L1-L2) bilinguals, is influenced by crosslinguistic phonological-lexical interactions and semantic priming. Phonological overlap between a word and its translation equivalent (phonological cognate status), and semantic relatedness of a preceding prime were manipulated. Experiment 1 examined word recognition performance in noisy listening conditions that introduce a high degree of uncertainty, whereas Experiment 2 employed clear listening conditions, with low uncertainty. Under noisy listening conditions, semantic priming effects interacted with phonological cognate status: for word recognition accuracy, a related prime overcame inhibitory effects of phonological overlap between target words and their translations. These findings are consistent with models of bilingual word recognition that incorporate crosslinguistic phonological-lexical-semantic interactions. Moreover, they suggest an interplay between L2-L1 interactions and the integration of information across acoustic and semantic levels of processing in flexibly mapping the speech signal onto the spoken words, under adverse listening conditions.

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Section: Phonological Cognate Statussupporting

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Cognates (words sharing form and meaning across languages, e.g. Polish–English FILM–FILM (identical cognates) or TUNNEL–TUNEL (non-identical cognates)) are processed faster than single-language words (cognate facilitation effect), which is modulated by a number of factors. Here, we extended the study reported by Lijewska and Chmiel (2015) and tested the influence of learning experience on non-identical cognate processing in a translation task in 2 experiments with Polish-German–English trilinguals and with German–English bilinguals. The trilinguals learned English and German via Polish, whereas the bilinguals learnt English via German. They translated Polish–English non-identical cognates (MUSZTARDA–SENF–MUSTARD), German–English non-identical cognates (TRAWA–GRAS–GRASS) and controls from English into Polish and into German (trilinguals) or only into German (bilinguals). We found no evidence for the influence of learning experience on cognate processing but the novel finding was a reliable facilitation effect obtained when only non-identical cognates were tested in a translation task with trilinguals (in the accuracy data) as well as with bilinguals (in translation latencies). Additionally, the reported study pointed to the important role of language proficiency in processing.

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Semantic priming effects can be modulated by crosslinguistic interactions during second-language auditory word recognition

Semantic priming effects can be modulated by crosslinguistic interactions during second-language auditory word recognition

Effects of early foreign language instruction and L1 transfer on vocabulary skills of EFL learners with DLD

Non-identical cognates yield facilitation in translation – does the way foreign vocabulary is learned affect its processing?

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