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Competition between form-related words in bilingual sentence reading: Effects of language proficiency

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Maud Pélissier Open the ORCID record for Maud Pélissier [Opens in a new window] ,
Dag Haugland ,
Bjørn Handeland ,
Beatrice Zitong Urland ,
Allison Wetterlin ,
Linda Wheeldon  and
Steven Frisson
Maud Pélissier*
Affiliation:
Université Paris Cité, CLILLAC-ARP, F-75013 Paris, France
Dag Haugland
Affiliation:
University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Bjørn Handeland
Affiliation:
University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Beatrice Zitong Urland
Affiliation:
University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Allison Wetterlin
Affiliation:
University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Linda Wheeldon
Affiliation:
University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Steven Frisson
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*
Address for correspondence: Maud Pélissier, E-mail: maud.pelissier@u-paris.fr
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Abstract

Sentence reading involves constant competition between lexical candidates. Previous research with monolinguals has shown that the neighbours of a read word are inhibited, making their retrieval as a subsequent target more difficult, but the duration of this interference may depend on reading skills. In this study, we examined neighbour priming effects in sentence reading among proficient Norwegian–English bilinguals reading in their L2. We investigated the effects of the distance between prime and target (short vs. long) and the nature of the overlap between the two words (beginning or end), and related these to differences in individual cognitive skills. Our results replicated the inhibition effects found in monolinguals, albeit slightly delayed. Interference between form-related words was affected by the L2 reading skills and, crucially, by the phonological decoding abilities of the bilingual reader. We discuss the results in light of competition models of bilingual reading as well as episodic memory accounts.

Keywords

competitionbilingual readingeye movementsorthographic primingindividual differences
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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , March 2023 , pp. 384 - 401
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