Cross-language semantic-affective interaction – with evidence from Chinese EFL learners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21697543 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xuanchen Ye (0000-0003-3807-5289, Central China Normal University), Cuilian Zhao (Sichuan International Studies University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 810-820 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| 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/s1366728923000895 |
| OpenAlex | W4390701154 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
Semantic and affective priming have long been treated separately in psycholinguistic studies. Recently, however, the question of whether and how these two primings interact has become controversial, especially in cross-language contexts where such discussions are rare. In the present study, four mixed-design experiments were conducted with Chinese EFL learners to investigate cross-language semantic-affective interactions: 3 (prime valence: negative, positive, neutral) × 2 (semantic relatedness: related, unrelated). Results show that semantic priming effects occurred in the L1 L1 and L1 L2 conditions, whereas affective priming effects were observed in the L2 L2 condition. In the L2 L1 priming condition, only emotion primes induced cross-language priming. These results suggest that semantic and emotional accesses are activated automatically and separately, but can facilitate cross-language word processing mutually. The results support the hierarchical representation of semantic features of emotion words from L1 to L2 in the unbalanced bilingual mental lexicon, while affective attributes are spread across a distributed network
Cognitive psychology · Lexicon · Linguistics · Mental lexicon · Natural language processing · Second language · Semantic network · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |