Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs

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Autor(a) principal: Lameira, Marina
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Bezerra, Felipe, Toassi, Pâmela, Cravo, André, Carthery-Goulart, Maria Teresa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Pandaemonium Germanicum (Online)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/pg/article/view/208717
Resumo: Bilinguals and multilinguals commonly encounter words in their multiple languages which share some linguistic aspects. Among those are interlingual homographs, or words that have the exact same orthography in two different languages. The current study examined, through a semantic judgment task in English with ERP recording, how multilinguals (speakers of Brazilian Portuguese, English and German) accessed the meanings of interlingual homographs that belonged to their dominant and non-dominant foreign languages compared to a control group of Brazilian Portuguese-English bilinguals. The findings demonstrated that multilinguals were slower to respond to the English-German interlingual homographs as compared to control stimuli (no homographs). The results also demonstrated that, when the interlingual homographs were semantically related to their targets in the non-target language, there were significantly more errors and a higher RT than in unrelated conditions. Additionally, only the bilinguals presented the typical N400 effect for unrelated conditions, suggesting that the co-activation of the non-target language due to interlingual homographs modulated this ERP in the multilingual group. Our results provide support for the Bilingual Interactive Activation plus model and suggest that literature findings on interference between first and second languages also hold for second and third languages.
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spelling Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographsEvidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographsEvidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographsEvidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographsmultilingualisminterlingual homographsN400Portuguese-English-German multilingualismmultilingualisminterlingual homographsN400Portuguese-English-German multilingualismmultilingualisminterlingual homographsN400Portuguese-English-German multilingualismmultilingualisminterlingual homographsN400Portuguese-English-German multilingualismBilinguals and multilinguals commonly encounter words in their multiple languages which share some linguistic aspects. Among those are interlingual homographs, or words that have the exact same orthography in two different languages. The current study examined, through a semantic judgment task in English with ERP recording, how multilinguals (speakers of Brazilian Portuguese, English and German) accessed the meanings of interlingual homographs that belonged to their dominant and non-dominant foreign languages compared to a control group of Brazilian Portuguese-English bilinguals. The findings demonstrated that multilinguals were slower to respond to the English-German interlingual homographs as compared to control stimuli (no homographs). The results also demonstrated that, when the interlingual homographs were semantically related to their targets in the non-target language, there were significantly more errors and a higher RT than in unrelated conditions. Additionally, only the bilinguals presented the typical N400 effect for unrelated conditions, suggesting that the co-activation of the non-target language due to interlingual homographs modulated this ERP in the multilingual group. Our results provide support for the Bilingual Interactive Activation plus model and suggest that literature findings on interference between first and second languages also hold for second and third languages.Bilinguals and multilinguals commonly encounter words in their multiple languages which share some linguistic aspects. Among those are interlingual homographs, or words that have the exact same orthography in two different languages. The current study examined, through a semantic judgment task in English with ERP recording, how multilinguals (speakers of Brazilian Portuguese, English and German) accessed the meanings of interlingual homographs that belonged to their dominant and non-dominant foreign languages compared to a control group of Brazilian Portuguese-English bilinguals. The findings demonstrated that multilinguals were slower to respond to the English-German interlingual homographs as compared to control stimuli (no homographs). The results also demonstrated that, when the interlingual homographs were semantically related to their targets in the non-target language, there were significantly more errors and a higher RT than in unrelated conditions. Additionally, only the bilinguals presented the typical N400 effect for unrelated conditions, suggesting that the co-activation of the non-target language due to interlingual homographs modulated this ERP in the multilingual group. Our results provide support for the Bilingual Interactive Activation plus model and suggest that literature findings on interference between first and second languages also hold for second and third languages.Bilinguals and multilinguals commonly encounter words in their multiple languages which share some linguistic aspects. Among those are interlingual homographs, or words that have the exact same orthography in two different languages. The current study examined, through a semantic judgment task in English with ERP recording, how multilinguals (speakers of Brazilian Portuguese, English and German) accessed the meanings of interlingual homographs that belonged to their dominant and non-dominant foreign languages compared to a control group of Brazilian Portuguese-English bilinguals. The findings demonstrated that multilinguals were slower to respond to the English-German interlingual homographs as compared to control stimuli (no homographs). The results also demonstrated that, when the interlingual homographs were semantically related to their targets in the non-target language, there were significantly more errors and a higher RT than in unrelated conditions. Additionally, only the bilinguals presented the typical N400 effect for unrelated conditions, suggesting that the co-activation of the non-target language due to interlingual homographs modulated this ERP in the multilingual group. Our results provide support for the Bilingual Interactive Activation plus model and suggest that literature findings on interference between first and second languages also hold for second and third languages.Bilinguals and multilinguals commonly encounter words in their multiple languages which share some linguistic aspects. Among those are interlingual homographs, or words that have the exact same orthography in two different languages. The current study examined, through a semantic judgment task in English with ERP recording, how multilinguals (speakers of Brazilian Portuguese, English and German) accessed the meanings of interlingual homographs that belonged to their dominant and non-dominant foreign languages compared to a control group of Brazilian Portuguese-English bilinguals. The findings demonstrated that multilinguals were slower to respond to the English-German interlingual homographs as compared to control stimuli (no homographs). The results also demonstrated that, when the interlingual homographs were semantically related to their targets in the non-target language, there were significantly more errors and a higher RT than in unrelated conditions. Additionally, only the bilinguals presented the typical N400 effect for unrelated conditions, suggesting that the co-activation of the non-target language due to interlingual homographs modulated this ERP in the multilingual group. Our results provide support for the Bilingual Interactive Activation plus model and suggest that literature findings on interference between first and second languages also hold for second and third languages.Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas2023-02-27info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/pg/article/view/20871710.11606/1982-8837264935Pandaemonium Germanicum; v. 26 n. 49 (2023); 35-671982-88371414-1906reponame:Pandaemonium Germanicum (Online)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPenghttps://www.revistas.usp.br/pg/article/view/208717/192342Copyright (c) 2023 Pandaemonium Germanicumhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLameira, MarinaBezerra, FelipeToassi, PâmelaCravo, AndréCarthery-Goulart, Maria Teresa2023-02-28T18:54:32Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/208717Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/pgPUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||pandaemonium@usp.br1982-88371414-1906opendoar:2023-09-13T11:53:00.238092Pandaemonium Germanicum (Online) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
title Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
spellingShingle Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
Lameira, Marina
multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
title_short Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
title_full Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
title_fullStr Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
title_full_unstemmed Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
title_sort Evidence of non-selective lexical access to second and third language in unbalanced multilinguals: an N400 study on the processing of interlingual homographs
author Lameira, Marina
author_facet Lameira, Marina
Bezerra, Felipe
Toassi, Pâmela
Cravo, André
Carthery-Goulart, Maria Teresa
author_role author
author2 Bezerra, Felipe
Toassi, Pâmela
Cravo, André
Carthery-Goulart, Maria Teresa
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lameira, Marina
Bezerra, Felipe
Toassi, Pâmela
Cravo, André
Carthery-Goulart, Maria Teresa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
topic multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
multilingualism
interlingual homographs
N400
Portuguese-English-German multilingualism
description Bilinguals and multilinguals commonly encounter words in their multiple languages which share some linguistic aspects. Among those are interlingual homographs, or words that have the exact same orthography in two different languages. The current study examined, through a semantic judgment task in English with ERP recording, how multilinguals (speakers of Brazilian Portuguese, English and German) accessed the meanings of interlingual homographs that belonged to their dominant and non-dominant foreign languages compared to a control group of Brazilian Portuguese-English bilinguals. The findings demonstrated that multilinguals were slower to respond to the English-German interlingual homographs as compared to control stimuli (no homographs). The results also demonstrated that, when the interlingual homographs were semantically related to their targets in the non-target language, there were significantly more errors and a higher RT than in unrelated conditions. Additionally, only the bilinguals presented the typical N400 effect for unrelated conditions, suggesting that the co-activation of the non-target language due to interlingual homographs modulated this ERP in the multilingual group. Our results provide support for the Bilingual Interactive Activation plus model and suggest that literature findings on interference between first and second languages also hold for second and third languages.
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