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Similar Conceptual Mapping of Novel Objects in Mixed- and Single-Language Contexts in Fluent Basque-Spanish BilingualsAutor-a
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Bangor UniversityNational & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Universidad Nebrija
Language mixing
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© 2020, John Wiley & SonsAcceso
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https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12397Publicado en
Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies Vol. 70, nº S2, pp. 150-170Primera página
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BilingualismEducation
Language mixing
Learning
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Participants learned the meaning of novel objects by listening to two complementary definitions while watching videos of the new object, in a single‐language context (all in Spanish) or a mixed‐langua ... [+]
Participants learned the meaning of novel objects by listening to two complementary definitions while watching videos of the new object, in a single‐language context (all in Spanish) or a mixed‐language context (one definition in Basque, one in Spanish). Then, participants were asked to assess the degree of functional relatedness between novel and familiar objects in two conditions: identical (both definitions overlap) or related (single definition overlap). Relatedness ratings differed significantly between conditions, but they were highly similar across language contexts. Furthermore, items in the identical condition elicited a P300‐like event‐related potential component, while related items elicited a wave of lesser amplitude. Critically, the amplitude differences between conditions did not differ between language contexts. No interaction was found with proficiency level across participants. In line with previous findings, we show no measurable impact of mixing languages during the establishment of a link between novel objects and existing conceptual representations in bilinguals. [-]
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This research has been partially funded by grant PSI2015‐65689‐P from the Spanish Government and grant PGC2018‐097145‐B‐I00 from the Agencia Estatal de InvestigaciónColecciones
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