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The Impact of a Momentary Language Switch on Bilingual Reading: Intense at the Switch but Merciful Downstream for L2 but Not L1 Readers
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Gullifer, Jason W.; Titone, Debra – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2019
We investigated whether cross-language activation is sensitive to shifting language demands and language experience during first and second language (i.e., L1, L2) reading. Experiment 1 consisted of L1 French-L2 English bilinguals reading in the L2, and Experiment 2 consisted of L1 English-L2 French bilinguals reading in the L1. Both groups read…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Native Language, French
Bilingual Lexical Access in Context: Evidence from Eye Movements during Reading
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Libben, Maya R.; Titone, Debra A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2009
Current models of bilingualism (e.g., BIA+) posit that lexical access during reading is not language selective. However, much of this research is based on the comprehension of words in isolation. The authors investigated whether nonselective access occurs for words embedded in biased sentence contexts (e.g., A. I. Schwartz & J. F. Kroll,…
Descriptors: Sentences, Semantics, Eye Movements, Human Body