Masked repetition and translation priming in second language learners: A window on the time-course of form and meaning activation using ERPs.
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| Title: | Masked repetition and translation priming in second language learners: A window on the time-course of form and meaning activation using ERPs. |
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| Authors: | Midgley, Katherine J. (AUTHOR), Holcomb, Phillip J. (AUTHOR), Grainger, Jonathan (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Psychophysiology. May2009, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p551-565. 15p. 6 Diagrams, 4 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Priming (Psychology), Second language acquisition, Evoked potentials (Electrophysiology), Masking (Psychology), Human information processing, Word recognition ability testing |
| Abstract: | Event-related potentials (ERPs) and masked translation priming served to examine the time-course of form and meaning activation during word recognition in second language learners. Targets were repetitions of, translations of, or were unrelated to the immediately preceding prime. In Experiment 1 all targets were in the participants' L2. In Experiment 2 all targets were in the participants' L1. In Exp 1 both within-language repetition and L1-L2 translation priming produced effects on the N250 component and the N400 component. In Experiment 2 only within-language repetition produced N250 effects, while both types of priming produced N400 effects. These results suggest rapid involvement of semantic representations during on-going form-level processing of printed words, and an absence of facilitatory connections between the form representations of non-cognate translation equivalents in L2 learners. The implications for bilingual theories of word processing are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Event-related potentials (ERPs) and masked translation priming served to examine the time-course of form and meaning activation during word recognition in second language learners. Targets were repetitions of, translations of, or were unrelated to the immediately preceding prime. In Experiment 1 all targets were in the participants' L2. In Experiment 2 all targets were in the participants' L1. In Exp 1 both within-language repetition and L1-L2 translation priming produced effects on the N250 component and the N400 component. In Experiment 2 only within-language repetition produced N250 effects, while both types of priming produced N400 effects. These results suggest rapid involvement of semantic representations during on-going form-level processing of printed words, and an absence of facilitatory connections between the form representations of non-cognate translation equivalents in L2 learners. The implications for bilingual theories of word processing are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00485772 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00784.x |
