Picture-name agreement for French-English bilingual adults

Two groups of French/English bilinguals named 100 of the Snodgrass and Vanderwart pictures (50 cognate and 50 noncognate names). The balanced group (N = 18) claimed equal proficiency in both languages. The French dominant group (N = 18) claimed better expressive abilities in French. For both groups the level of name agreement was high in French. For the French-dominant group, name agreement was lower in English. Cognate status did not influence name agreement. Levels of name agreement were very similar to those for the Snodgrass and Vanderwart study for the selected pictures. (C) 1999 Academic Press.