Repetition priming within and between languages in verb generation: Evidence for shared verb concepts
Autor: | Wendy S. Francis, Jaime García, Eva M. de la Riva López |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Language Tests Multilingualism Verb Modal verb Article Linguistics Semantics Reflexive verb Young Adult Mental Processes Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Memory Noun Repetition Priming Humans Female Absolutive case Infinitive Comprehension Psychology Priming (psychology) General Psychology Bilingual memory Language |
Zdroj: | Memory. 20:358-373 |
ISSN: | 1464-0686 0965-8211 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09658211.2012.667109 |
Popis: | Although translation equivalents for concrete nouns are known to have shared core conceptual representations in bilingual memory (Francis, 1999), the status of translation-equivalent verbs has not been systematically tested. Three repetition-priming experiments using a verb generation task were used to determine whether verbs have shared representations across languages and to identify the processes facilitated in repeated verb generation. In Experiment 1 fluent Spanish-English bilingual speakers exhibited repetition priming both within and between languages, but between-language priming was weaker. In Experiment 2 performance of non-bilingual English and Spanish speakers was equivalent to that of bilingual speakers responding in their dominant language. Experiment 3 used manipulations meant to isolate noun comprehension, verb concept selection, and verb production. The between-language priming in Experiments 1 and 3 indicates that verb concepts are shared across languages and that verb concept selection exhibits facilitation. Experiment 3 showed that the greater within-language priming was due primarily to facilitation of verb production processes. |
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