Masked translation priming effects with low proficient bilinguals |
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Authors: | Maria Dimitropoulou Jon Andoni Duñabeitia Manuel Carreiras |
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Institution: | Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Paseo Mikeletegi 69, 20009 Donostia, Spain. m.dimitropoulou@bcbl.eu |
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Abstract: | Non-cognate masked translation priming lexical decision studies with unbalanced bilinguals suggest that masked translation
priming effects are asymmetric as a function of the translation direction (significant effects only in the dominant L1] to
nondominant L2] language translation direction). However, in contrast to the predictions of most current accounts of masked
translation priming effects, bidirectional effects have recently been reported with a group of low proficient bilinguals Duyck
& Warlop 2009 (Experimental Psychology 56:173–179). In a series of masked translation priming lexical decision experiments we examined
whether the same pattern of effects would emerge with late and low proficient Greek (L1)–Spanish (L2) bilinguals. Contrary
to the results obtained by Duyck and Warlop, and in line with the results found in most studies in the masked priming literature,
significant translation priming effects emerged only when the bilinguals performed the task with L1 primes and L2 targets.
The existence of the masked translation priming asymmetry with low proficient bilinguals suggests that cross-linguistic automatic
lexico-semantic links may be established very early in the process of L2 acquisition. These findings could help to define
models of bilingualism that consider L2 proficiency level to be a determining factor. |
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