Cognate facilitation effect on verb-based semantic prediction in L2 is modulated by L2 proficiency

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ID7148044
AutoresAzusa Ito (0000-0003-4408-8801, National University of Singapore, autor correspondente), Ana Bautista (0000-0002-9061-5302, University of the Basque Country), Cathy D Martins (0000-0003-2701-5045, Ikerbasque), Clara Martins, Clara Martin
Ano2025
Volume28
Fascículo3
Páginas684-696
Data de publicação2025-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBilingualism Language and Cognition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1366-7289 • E-ISSN: 1469-1841
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1366728924000968
OpenAlexW4405340113
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas56

We tested whether verb-based prediction in late bilinguals is facilitated when the verb is a cognate versus non-cognate. Spanish–English bilinguals and Chinese–English bilinguals (control) listened to English sentences such as “The girl will adopt the dog” while viewing a scene containing either a dog and unadoptable objects (predictable condition) or a dog and other adoptable animals (unpredictable condition). The verb was either a cognate or non-cognate between Spanish and English and never a cognate between Chinese and English. Both groups of bilinguals were more likely to look at the target (the dog) in the predictable versus unpredictable condition. However, only low-proficient L1 Spanish bilinguals showed greater and earlier prediction when the verb was cognate than when it was non-cognate, suggesting that cognate facilitation effect occurs not only on the cognate word itself but also on prediction based on this cognate word, and that this effect is modulated by L2 proficiency

Cognate · Cognitive psychology · Facilitation · Linguistics · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Verb · Categorization, perception, and language · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology