Can Bilinguals See It Coming? Word Anticipation in L2 Sentence Reading

Foucart, Alice, Martin, Clara D., Moreno, Eva M. y Costa, Albert . (2014) Can Bilinguals See It Coming? Word Anticipation in L2 Sentence Reading. Journal of Experimental Psychology


Título Can Bilinguals See It Coming? Word Anticipation in L2 Sentence Reading
Autor(es) Foucart, Alice
Martin, Clara D.
Moreno, Eva M.
Costa, Albert
Materia(s) Psicología
Abstract Why is it more difficult to comprehend a 2nd (L2) than a 1st language (L1)? In the present article we investigate whether difficulties during L2 sentence comprehension come from differences in the way L1 and L2 speakers anticipate upcoming words. We recorded the brain activity (event-related potentials) of Spanish monolinguals, French-Spanish late bilinguals, and Spanish-Catalan early bilinguals while reading sentences in Spanish. We manipulated the ending of highly constrained sentences so that the critical noun was either expected or not. The expected and unexpected nouns were of different gender so that we could observe potential anticipation effects already on the article. In line with previous studies, a modulation of the N400 effect was observed on the article and the noun, followed by an anterior positivity on the noun. Importantly, this pattern was found in all 3 groups, suggesting that, at least when their 2 languages are closely related, bilinguals are able to anticipate upcoming words in a similar manner as monolinguals.
Palabras clave word anticipation
semantic processing
grammatical gender
bilingualism
Editor(es) American Psychological Association
Fecha 2014
Identificador bibliuned:DptoPEyE-FPSI-Articulos-Emoreno-0006
http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/view/bibliuned:DptoPEyE-FPSI-Articulos-Emoreno-0006
DOI - identifier 10.1037/a0036756
ISSN - identifier 1939-1285
Nombre de la revista Journal of Experimental Psychology
Número de Volumen Vol. 40
Número de Issue No. 5
Página inicial 1461
Página final 1469
Publicado en la Revista Journal of Experimental Psychology
Idioma eng
Versión de la publicación acceptedVersion
Tipo de recurso Article
Derechos de acceso y licencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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Notas adicionales The registered version of this article, first published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, is available online at the publisher's website: American Psychological Association, https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036756

 
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