Spelling-sound knowledge in the context of multilingualism

Is Lexical Access Selective or Nonselective

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ID5925172
AuthorsLuiza De Melo Carvalho (0000-0002-2571-9762, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Mailce Borges Mota (0000-0002-8674-2480, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Pietra Cassol Rigatti (0000-0002-8964-0009, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue4
Pages22-36
Publication date2022-03-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Linguagem em Foco (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2176-7955 • E-ISSN: 2674-8266
PublisherRevista Linguagem em Foco (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.46230/2674-8266-13-7387
OpenAlexW3175479482
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

The present study investigates shared phonological information and selectivity during lexical access in Brazilian Portuguese-English unbalanced bilinguals, learners of Korean as an L3. Participants took part in a word naming task which used L2 primes with targets from the L3 at stimulus onset asynchronies (SOA) of 140ms and 250ms. The results show a significant facilitation effect in word naming when an English prime was presented in comparison with control primes. Additionally, a significant facilitation effect was also seen in trials in which the primes were presented at a 250ms SOA in relation to a 140ms SOA. Taken together, the results indicate that participants' spelling-sound knowledge of L2 English was activated during the reading aloud of words in L3 Korean, which indicates nonselectivity in lexical access and a shared mental lexicon across languages

Cognition · Facilitation · Lexical access · Lexical decision task · Linguistics · Literacy · Mental lexicon · Multilingualism · Natural language processing · Spelling · Computer Science · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Second Language Acquisition and Learning

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