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

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dc.contributor.authorFedermeier, Kara D.
dc.contributor.authorKutas, Marta
dc.contributor.authorMoreno Bella, Eva
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-20T11:54:21Z
dc.date.available2024-05-20T11:54:21Z
dc.date.issued2002-02
dc.description.abstractSwitching 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.en
dc.description.versionversión final
dc.identifier.doi10.1006/brln.2001.2588
dc.identifier.issn1090-2155
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/12696
dc.journal.issue2
dc.journal.titleBrain and Language
dc.journal.volume80
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.centerFacultad de Psicología
dc.relation.departmentPsicología Evolutiva y de la Educación
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subject.keywordscode switching
dc.subject.keywordsevent-related potentials
dc.subject.keywordsbilinguals
dc.subject.keywordssentence processing
dc.subject.keywordsN400
dc.subject.keywordslate positive complex
dc.subject.keywordsidioms
dc.titleSwitching Languages, Switching Palabras (Words): An Electrophysiological Study of Code Switchinges
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