Executive Control Modulates Cross-Language Lexical Activation During L2 Reading: Evidence From Eye Movements

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作者
Pivneva, Irina [1 ]
Mercier, Julie [1 ]
Titone, Debra [1 ]
机构
[1] McGill Univ, Dept Psychol, Ctr Res Brain Language & Mus, Montreal, PQ H3A 1B1, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
bilingual reading; executive control; eye movements; interlingual homographs; cognates; BILINGUAL WORD RECOGNITION; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; INHIBITORY CONTROL; WORKING-MEMORY; 2ND-LANGUAGE; COMPREHENSION; KNOWLEDGE; ACCESS;
D O I
10.1037/a0035583
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Models of bilingual reading such as Bilingual Interactive Activation Plus (Dijkstra & van Heuven, 2002) do not predict a central role for domain-general executive control during bilingual reading, in contrast with bilingual models from other domains, such as production (e. g., the Inhibitory Control Model; Green, 1998). We thus investigated whether individual differences among bilinguals in domain-general executive control modulate cross-language activation during L2 sentence reading, over and above other factors such as L2 proficiency. Fifty French-English bilinguals read L2-English sentences while their eye movements were recorded, and they subsequently completed a battery of executive control and L2 proficiency tasks. High-and low-constraint sentences contained interlingual homographs (chat = " casual conversation" in English, " a cat" in French), cognates (piano in English and French), or L2-specific control words. The results showed that greater executive control among bilinguals but not L2 proficiency reduced cross-language activation in terms of interlingual homograph interference. In contrast, increased L2 proficiency but not executive control reduced cross-language activation in terms of cognate facilitation. These results suggest that models of bilingual reading must incorporate mechanisms by which domain-general executive control can alter the earliest stages of bilingual lexical activation.
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页码:787 / 796
页数:10
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