English compound and non-compound processing in bilingual and multilingual speakers
Effects of dominance and sequential multilingualism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11655884 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jorge González Alonso (0000-0001-5047-3226, University of Reading, UK and UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway, corresponding author), Julián Villegas (0000-0003-1891-1753, University of Aizu), Maria Del Pilar Garcia Mayo (0000-0002-1987-4889, University of the Basque Country) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 503-535 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Second language Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0267658316642819 |
| OpenAlex | W2329177003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 67 |
This article reports on a study investigating the relative influence of the first language and dominant language (L1) on second language (L2) and third language (L3) morpho-lexical processing. A lexical decision task compared the responses to English NV-er compounds (e.g. taxi driver) and non-compounds provided by a group of native speakers and three groups of learners at various levels of English proficiency: L1 Spanish – L2 English sequential bilinguals and two groups of early Spanish–Basque bilinguals with English as their L3. Crucially, the two trilingual groups differed in their first and dominant language (i.e. L1 Spanish – L2 Basque vs. L1 Basque – L2 Spanish). Our materials exploit an (a)symmetry between these languages: while Basque and English pattern together in the basic structure of (productive) NV-er compounds, Spanish presents a construction that differs in directionality as well as inflection of the verbal element (V [3SG] + N). Results show between and within group differences in accuracy and response times that may be ascribable to two factors besides proficiency: the number of languages spoken by a given participant and their dominant language. An examination of response bias reveals an influence of the participants’ first and dominant language on the processing of NV-er compounds. Our data suggest that morphological information in the non-native lexicon may extend beyond morphemic structure and that, similarly to bilingualism, there are costs to sequential multilingualism in lexical retrieval
Compound · Dominance (genetics · First language · Inflection · Language contact · Language proficiency · Lexicon · Linguistics · Morpheme · Multilingualism · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Persian · Computer Science · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |