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VERB PROCESSING BY BILINGUALS IN SENTENCE CONTEXTS

The Effect of Cognate Status and Verb Tense

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2013

Eva Van Assche ,
Wouter Duyck  and
Marc Brysbaert
Eva Van Assche*
Affiliation:
Ghent University
Wouter Duyck
Affiliation:
Ghent University
Marc Brysbaert
Affiliation:
Ghent University
*
*Correspondence concerning this articleshould be addressed to Eva Van Assche, Department of Experimental Psychology,Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. E-mail: eva.vanassche@ugent.be
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Abstract

Many studies on bilingual language processing have shown that lexical access isnot selective with respect to language. These studies typically used nouns asword stimuli. The aim of the present study was to extend the previous findingson noun processing to verb processing. In the first experiment, Dutch-Englishbilinguals performed a lexical decision task in their second language and werefaster to recognize cognate verbs (e.g., Dutch-Englishgeven-give) presented out of context than control words. Thisverb cognate facilitation effect was not modulated by verb tense. In a secondexperiment, cognates and controls were presented in sentence contexts while eyemovements were recorded. In contrast to the strong cognate facilitation effectson early and later reading time measures for nouns found in earlier studies,cognate facilitation was only observed on a later reading time measure (i.e.,go-past time). An interpretation of the results within current models ofbilingual language processing and lexical organization is provided.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 35 , Issue 2: Eye-Movement Recordings in Second Language Research , June 2013 , pp. 237 - 259
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This research was made possible by the Research Foundation-Flanders of whichEva Van Assche is a postdoctoral fellow.

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