Visual word recognition in bilinguals: evidence for a cooperation between visual and sound based codes during access to a common lexical store

Two experiments are reported in which mismatches in sound (Experiment I) and mis-matches in spelling (Experiment II) were studied in Dutch (pseudo) words which were used as stimuli in English lexical decision experiments. The subjects of the experiments were Dutch-English bilinguals who were assumed...

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Published in:Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 1983-10, Vol.22 (5), p.526-534
Main Author: Nas, Gerard
Format: Article
Language:English
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Bilingualism. Multilingualism
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Language
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Summary:Two experiments are reported in which mismatches in sound (Experiment I) and mis-matches in spelling (Experiment II) were studied in Dutch (pseudo) words which were used as stimuli in English lexical decision experiments. The subjects of the experiments were Dutch-English bilinguals who were assumed to have a common lexical store for their Dutch and English words. The results show that mismatches in sound or in spelling result in longer latencies for the Dutch (pseudo) words than for their nonword controls. Together these results support a cooperation model of lexical access while providing evidence against a phonological recording model. Finally, they also support the idea of a common store in memory for words from two languages.
ISSN:0022-5371
0749-596X
DOI:10.1016/S0022-5371(83)90319-5