The gender congruency effect in Catalan–Spanish bilinguals
Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21697447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniela Paolieri (0000-0002-3964-7405, Universidad de Granada, corresponding author), Josep Demestre (0000-0001-9221-066X, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Marc Guasch (0000-0002-6898-120X, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), María-Teresa Bajo (0000-0003-2996-8261, Universidad de Granada), Teresa Bajo, Pilar Ferré (0000-0002-3192-0040, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1045-1055 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bilingualism Language and Cognition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-7289 • E-ISSN: 1469-1841 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1366728920000073 |
| OpenAlex | W3004496678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 53 |
The present study examines whether processing a word in one language is affected by the grammatical gender of its translation equivalent in another language. To this end, a group of Catalan–Spanish bilinguals performed a translation–recognition task while event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded. Participants were presented with Catalan and Spanish pairs of words and had to decide if they were translation equivalents. Correct translations included words that were gender congruent ( estiu MAS / verano MAS –summer) or gender incongruent ( tardor FEM / otoño MAS –autumn). The behavioral results showed that participants were faster and more accurate in the gender-congruent condition than in the incongruent condition. The ERP data showed a reduced N400 for the congruent condition. The facilitative effect of gender congruency observed in this study constitutes evidence of the obligatory access to grammatical gender information during bare noun processing and suggests that the bilinguals’ gender systems interact, even in highly proficient early bilinguals
Catalan · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Electroencephalography · Event-related potential · Grammatical Gender · Linguistics · N400 · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Noun · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 4,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |