Second language phonology is active when using your first language
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Leiden University, Netherlands
The Masked Onset Priming Effect (MOPE) has previously been reported in speakers’ first languages (L1). In the present study, bilingual Dutch (L1) – English (L2) participants read aloud L1 target words primed with L2 words. The onset of the primes was manipulated to separate the contribution of orthographic and phonological activation in reading aloud. Orthographically related primes did not lead to faster response times, but event-related brain potentials (ERPs) revealed orthographic priming. Phonologically related L2 primes decreased the response times. ERPs partly supported these phonological priming effects. The results demonstrate that English phonology is also activated in Dutch participants, even when they are in their native monolingual environment and are less familiar with the orthography of the L2.
Keywords:
EEG,
Language
Conference:
XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON XI), Palma, Mallorca, Spain, 25 Sep - 29 Sep, 2011.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Poster Sessions: Neural Bases of Language
Citation:
Schiller
NO,
Ceusters
I and
Timmer
K
(2011). Second language phonology is active when using your first language.
Conference Abstract:
XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON XI).
doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2011.207.00505
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Received:
22 Nov 2011;
Published Online:
28 Nov 2011.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Niels O Schiller, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, Niels.Schiller@cityu.edu.hk