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The Interplay Between Language Form and Concept During Language Switching: A Behavioral Investigation.


ABSTRACT: Language switching involves multiple processing stages. Previous studies have not dissociated the cognitive process underlying language form switches and concept switches. Here, we examined the two factors using a novel language-switching paradigm. Chinese-English bilinguals named individually presented pictures in either Chinese or English according to a language cue. Pictures in two consecutive trials represented either identical, semantically related, or unrelated concepts. Results showed both language (form) switch costs and concept switch costs. The interaction between these two factors suggested that the effects were additive, with the longest naming response times observed when two pictures were semantically unrelated and involved a switch between languages. These findings suggest that the functional loci of the language control mechanism occur at multiple processing stages. Implications of the findings are discussed within current models of language processing in bilinguals.

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7205015 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Interplay Between Language Form and Concept During Language Switching: A Behavioral Investigation.

Zhang Yong Y   Cao Ningning N   Yue Chang C   Dai Lina L   Wu Yan Jing YJ  

Frontiers in psychology 20200430


Language switching involves multiple processing stages. Previous studies have not dissociated the cognitive process underlying language form switches and concept switches. Here, we examined the two factors using a novel language-switching paradigm. Chinese-English bilinguals named individually presented pictures in either Chinese or English according to a language cue. Pictures in two consecutive trials represented either identical, semantically related, or unrelated concepts. Results showed bot  ...[more]

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