Switching Languages, Switching Palabras (Words): An Electrophysiological Study of Code Switching

Moreno, Eva M., Federmeier, Kara D. y Kutas, Marta . (2002) Switching Languages, Switching Palabras (Words): An Electrophysiological Study of Code Switching. Brain and Language


Título Switching Languages, Switching Palabras (Words): An Electrophysiological Study of Code Switching
Autor(es) Moreno, Eva M.
Federmeier, Kara D.
Kutas, Marta
Materia(s) Psicología
Abstract Switching languages has often been associated with a processing cost. In this study, the authors used event-related potentials to compare switches between two languages with within-language lexical switches as bilinguals read for comprehension. Stimuli included English sentences and idioms ending either with the expected English words, their Spanish translations (code switches), or English synonyms (lexical switches). As expected, lexical switches specifically enhanced the N400 response in both context types. Code switches, by contrast, elicited an increased negativity over left fronto-central sites in the regular nonidiomatic sentences (250–450 ms) and a large posterior positivity (450–850 ms) in both context types. In addition, both lexical and code switches elicited a late frontal positivity (650–850 ms) relative to expected completions, especially in idioms. Analysis of the individual response patterns showed correlations with vocabulary skills in English and in Spanish. Overall, the electrophysiological data suggest that for some speakers in some contexts, the processing of a code switch may actually be less costly than the processing of an unexpected within-language item.
Palabras clave code switching
event-related potentials
bilinguals
sentence processing
N400
late positive complex
idioms
Editor(es) Elsevier
Fecha 2002-02
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Identificador bibliuned:DptoPEyE-FPSI-Articulos-Emoreno-0014
http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/view/bibliuned:DptoPEyE-FPSI-Articulos-Emoreno-0014
DOI - identifier 10.1006/brln.2001.2588
ISSN - identifier 1090-2155
Nombre de la revista Brain and Language
Número de Volumen 80
Número de Issue 2
Página inicial 188
Página final 207
Publicado en la Revista Brain and Language
Idioma eng
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Notas adicionales The registered version of this article, first published in Brain and Language, is available online at the publisher's website: Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1006/brln.2001.2588
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