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    Lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production

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    Authors
    Hameau, Solene
    Biedermann, Britta
    Nickels, Lyndsey
    Date
    2021
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Hameau, S. and Biedermann, B.-A. and Nickels, L. 2021. Lexical activation in late bilinguals: effects of phonological neighbourhood on spoken word production. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience.
    Source Title
    Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
    DOI
    10.1080/23273798.2020.1863438
    ISSN
    2327-3798
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    Curtin School of Allied Health
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190101490
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83110
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This research explores patterns of lexical activation of both languages of a bilingual when producing spoken words. Specifically, it investigates the influence of within- and cross-language measures of phonological neighbourhood, on the English picture naming performance of a diverse group of French (L1)–English (L2) late bilinguals. A novel phonological neighbourhood density measure was used that took into account the phonological and lexical constraints of this sample of late bilinguals. Results showed that both within- and cross-language neighbours influenced picture naming performance and that the length of exposure to L2 and familiarity of the target modulated these effects, with both facilitatory and inhibitory effects observed. Additionally, the previously well-attested cognate facilitation effect decreased with L2 language exposure. These results support interactive models of word production, within a language non-specific view of lexical access, and show the dynamic nature of a bilingual’s lexical connections.

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