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ERIC Number: EJ1427264
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jun
Pages: 32
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ISSN: ISSN-0023-8333
EISSN: EISSN-1467-9922
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Active Language Modulates Color Perception in Bilinguals
Akvile Sinkeviciute; Julien Mayor; Mila Dimitrova Vulchanova; Natalia Kartushina
Language Learning, v74 suppl 1 p40-71 2024
Color terms divide the color spectrum differently across languages. Previous studies have reported that speakers of languages that have different words for light and dark blue (e.g., Russian "siniy" and "goluboy") discriminate color chips sampled from these two linguistic categories faster than speakers of languages that use one basic color term for blue (e.g., English "blue"). This effect has been reported to be disrupted when participants engaged in a verbal interference task, suggesting that active language use can modulate the linguistic category effect. The current study provided a stringent test of this hypothesis by examining color discrimination under verbal interference in bilinguals speaking Lithuanian (two blue categories) and Norwegian (one blue category). The results revealed that the language activated during verbal interference had a significant impact on bilinguals' color discrimination. Specifically, Lithuanian-Norwegian bilinguals exhibited a color category effect only when performing the task under verbal interference in Lithuanian but not in Norwegian. This demonstrated, within the same individuals, the momentary effect of active language processing on color perception.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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