A cognitive network analysis of semantic associates in monolingual English speakers and learners of Kaqchikel

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ID21697490
AutoresAlysia E Martinez (University of Kansas), Michael S Vitevitch (0000-0002-1209-0838, University of Kansas, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume27
Fascículo5
Páginas1046-1052
Data de publicação2024-11-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBilingualism Language and Cognition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1366-7289 • E-ISSN: 1469-1841
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1366728924000762
OpenAlexW4405374499
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas26

Network science was used to create and examine semantic networks of cue and response words from a word association task in learners of Kaqchikel (an endangered language indigenous to Guatemala) and monolingual English speakers. English speakers provided a wide range of responses indicative of creative language use, whereas the Kaqchikel learners provided straightforward and utilitarian responses. The observed differences in network structure in the English/Kaqchikel learners resembled the structural differences previously observed in more/less creative individuals, suggesting an alternative account of the “foreign language effect” based on the size and structure of the semantic network in the native/foreign language

Cognition · Linguistics · Semantic network · Categorization, perception, and language · Cognitive Science and Mapping · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology

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