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Cross-Language Influences in the Processing of Multiword Expressions: From a First Language to Second and Back

The present study investigated cross-language influences in the processing of binomial expressions (knife and fork), from a first language (L1) to a second language (L2) and from L2 to L1. Two groups of unbalanced bilinguals (Chinese/L1-English/L2 and English/L1-Chinese/L2) and a control group of En...

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Autores principales: Du, Lingli, Elgort, Irina, Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8264060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34248760
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666520
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Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna
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description The present study investigated cross-language influences in the processing of binomial expressions (knife and fork), from a first language (L1) to a second language (L2) and from L2 to L1. Two groups of unbalanced bilinguals (Chinese/L1-English/L2 and English/L1-Chinese/L2) and a control group of English monolinguals performed a visual lexical decision task that incorporated unmasked priming. To assess cross-language influences, we used three types of expressions: congruent binomials (English binomials that have translation equivalents in Chinese), English-only binomials, and Chinese-only binomials translated into English. Lexical decision latencies to the last word (fork) in a binomial (knife and fork) were compared with response latencies to the same word in a matched control phrase (spoon and fork). We found that (1) Chinese-English bilinguals showed a significant priming effect for congruent binomials but no facilitation for English-only binomials, (2) English–Chinese bilinguals showed a trend toward priming for congruent binomials, which did not reach statistical significance, and no priming for English-only binomials, (3) English monolinguals showed comparable priming for congruent and English-only binomials. With respect to the Chinese-only binomials, none of the three participant groups showed priming for translated Chinese-only binomials over controls. These findings suggest that L1 influences the processing of L2 binomials, and that there may be some cross-linguistic influence in the opposite direction, i.e., from L2 to L1, although to a lesser extent.
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spelling pubmed-82640602021-07-09 Cross-Language Influences in the Processing of Multiword Expressions: From a First Language to Second and Back Du, Lingli Elgort, Irina Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna Front Psychol Psychology The present study investigated cross-language influences in the processing of binomial expressions (knife and fork), from a first language (L1) to a second language (L2) and from L2 to L1. Two groups of unbalanced bilinguals (Chinese/L1-English/L2 and English/L1-Chinese/L2) and a control group of English monolinguals performed a visual lexical decision task that incorporated unmasked priming. To assess cross-language influences, we used three types of expressions: congruent binomials (English binomials that have translation equivalents in Chinese), English-only binomials, and Chinese-only binomials translated into English. Lexical decision latencies to the last word (fork) in a binomial (knife and fork) were compared with response latencies to the same word in a matched control phrase (spoon and fork). We found that (1) Chinese-English bilinguals showed a significant priming effect for congruent binomials but no facilitation for English-only binomials, (2) English–Chinese bilinguals showed a trend toward priming for congruent binomials, which did not reach statistical significance, and no priming for English-only binomials, (3) English monolinguals showed comparable priming for congruent and English-only binomials. With respect to the Chinese-only binomials, none of the three participant groups showed priming for translated Chinese-only binomials over controls. These findings suggest that L1 influences the processing of L2 binomials, and that there may be some cross-linguistic influence in the opposite direction, i.e., from L2 to L1, although to a lesser extent. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8264060/ /pubmed/34248760 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666520 Text en Copyright © 2021 Du, Elgort and Siyanova-Chanturia. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Elgort, Irina
Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna
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title Cross-Language Influences in the Processing of Multiword Expressions: From a First Language to Second and Back
title_full Cross-Language Influences in the Processing of Multiword Expressions: From a First Language to Second and Back
title_fullStr Cross-Language Influences in the Processing of Multiword Expressions: From a First Language to Second and Back
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title_short Cross-Language Influences in the Processing of Multiword Expressions: From a First Language to Second and Back
title_sort cross-language influences in the processing of multiword expressions: from a first language to second and back
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8264060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34248760
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666520
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