PS366 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: First Language, Phoneme, Simon Effect
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Bilinguals who hear a syntactic structure in one language are more likely to produce the same syntactic structure when responding in their other language. Syntactic priming effects are just as large when the bilingual switches between languages as when they produce consecutive utterances in the same language. Syntactic priming persists across brief lags; bilinguals are likely to recall previously- studied sentences using the same syntactic form as a sentence they have recently comprehended. Selective access models: bilinguals possess the mental equivalent of a light switch that can be set to activate or de-activate individual languages. Evidence against selective access: paradoxical switch costs: switching from l2-l1 is costlier than switch from l1-l2. L2 labels takes time for l1 to regain activation which causes longer l2 to l1 switch costs. More likely to have a very strong first language than second language. Set of language-specific processes and general cognitive skills determines performance on language tasks.
