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Lu, Aitao; Wang, Lu; Guo, Yuyang; Zeng, Jiahong; Zheng, Dongping; Wang, Xiaolu; Shao, Yulan; Wang, Ruiming – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
The current study investigated the mechanism of language switching in unbalanced visual unimodal bilinguals as well as balanced and unbalanced bimodal bilinguals during a picture naming task. All three groups exhibited significant switch costs across two languages, with symmetrical switch cost in balanced bimodal bilinguals and asymmetrical switch…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Language Proficiency, Pictorial Stimuli
Ernesto R. Gutierrez Topete – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In phonetics research, language alternation--including code switching (speaker-initiated) and cued switching (researcher-prompted)--can be used as a tool to investigate various aspects of speech production and perception in bilingual or multilingual speakers (Bullock & Toribio, 2009a). Studies on the production of voice onset time (VOT) during…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Bilingualism, Spanish
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Polinsky, Maria – Sign Language Studies, 2018
A "heritage language" is defined as a minority language that differs from the dominant language used in a particular community. Codas (children of Deaf adults) who sign but may be dominant in the spoken language of their community present an interesting case due to the added difference of a spoken/signed modality in their linguistic…
Descriptors: Native Language, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Sign Language
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Falk, Ylva; Lindqvist, Christina – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2019
This study investigates lexical transfer in four German learners' oral production of L3 Swedish. They have already learned English as an L2. The point of departure is Williams and Hammarberg's [1998. Language switches in L3 production: implications for a polyglot speaking model. "Applied Linguistics," 19, 295-333] case study in which…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, German
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Lantto, Hanna – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2016
This study examines the manifestations of purity and authenticity in 47 Basque bilinguals' reactions to code-switching. The respondents listened to two speech extracts with code-switching, filled in a short questionnaire and talked about the extracts in small groups. These conversations were then recorded. The respondents' beliefs can be…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Questionnaires, Language Attitudes, Uncommonly Taught Languages
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Declerck, Mathieu; Thoma, Aniella M.; Koch, Iring; Philipp, Andrea M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2015
Several, but not all, models of language control assume that highly proficient bilinguals implement little to no inhibition during bilingual language production. In the current study, we tested this assumption with a less equivocal marker of inhibition (i.e., n-2 language repetition costs) than previous language switching studies have. N-2…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Thurairaj, Saraswathy; Hoon, Er Pek; Roy, Swagata Sinha; Fong, Pok Wei – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
Social networking sites (SNSs) have become a major form of communication in today's day and age whereby language use has been impacted in various areas especially in that of learning and teaching. Young users use literally half their week engaging in SNSs communication, thereby giving rise to a brand of internet slang which is entirely their own.…
Descriptors: Language Research, Social Networks, Asians, Ethnic Groups
Cai, Hansong; Cai, Luna Jing – Online Submission, 2015
This research investigates cross-linguistic influence in the comprehension of L3 French past tense. A close examination was made on the L1 (Chinese) and L2 (English) transfer patterns among 20 English majors in their early acquisition of L3 French passé compose (PC). Data were collected through introspective think-aloud protocol in a comprehension…
Descriptors: Language Role, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Chinese
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Macizo, Pedro; Bajo, Teresa; Paolieri, Daniela – Second Language Research, 2012
This study examined the asymmetrical language switching cost in a word reading task (Experiment 1) and in a categorization task (Experiment 2 and 3). In Experiment 1, Spanish-English bilinguals named words in first language (L1) and second language (L2) in a switching paradigm. They were slower to switch from their weaker L2 to their more dominant…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Reading Processes, Task Analysis
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Oganian, Y.; Korn, C. W.; Heekeren, H. R. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
Recent studies reported reductions of well-established biases in decision making under risk, such as the framing effect, during foreign language (FL) use. These modulations were attributed to the use of FL itself, which putatively entails an increase in emotional distance. A reduced framing effect in this setting, however, might also result from…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Language Usage
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Garbin, G.; Costa, A.; Sanjuan, A.; Forn, C.; Rodriguez-Pujadas, A.; Ventura, N.; Belloch, V.; Hernandez, M.; Avila, C. – Brain and Language, 2011
The left inferior frontal cortex, the caudate and the anterior cingulate have been proposed as the neural origin of language switching, but most of the studies were conducted in low proficient bilinguals. In the present study, we investigated brain areas involved in language switching in a sample of 19 early, high-proficient Spanish-Catalan…
Descriptors: Neurology, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Spanish, Bilingualism
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Navracsics, Judit – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
According to the critical period hypothesis, the earlier the acquisition of a second language starts, the better. Owing to the plasticity of the brain, up until a certain age a second language can be acquired successfully according to this view. Early second language learners are commonly said to have an advantage over later ones especially in…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Developmental Stages
Varra, Rachel Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation investigates lexical borrowing in Spanish in New York. English-origin lexical material was extracted from a stratified sample of 146 Spanish-speaking informants of different ages, national origins, classes, etc., living in New York City. ANOVAs and Pearson correlations determined whether lexical borrowing frequency and the type…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Language Research, Language Proficiency, Spanish
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Wei, Li; Wu, Chao-Jung – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2009
The ideology of monolingualism prevails throughout society, including within minority ethnic communities who are bilingual and multilingual. Some minority ethnic communities in Britain believe that the response to the dominance of English language is to replace it with other languages. Complementary schools--language and culture classes organised…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Ideology, Language Proficiency, Bilingualism
Shatz, Marilyn, Ed.; Wilkinson, Louise C., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
This comprehensive volume describes evidence-based strategies for supporting English language learners (ELLs) by promoting meaningful communication and language use across the curriculum. Leading experts explain how and why learning is different for ELLs and pinpoint specific best practices for the classroom, illustrated with vivid examples.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Characteristics, Language Acquisition
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