ERIC Number: EJ1098296
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-0023-8333
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Cross-Language Activation Begins during Speech Planning and Extends into Second Language Speech
Jacobs, April; Fricke, Melinda; Kroll, Judith F.
Language Learning, v66 n2 p324-353 Spr 2016
Three groups of native English speakers named words aloud in Spanish, their second language (L2). Intermediate proficiency learners in a classroom setting (Experiment 1) and in a domestic immersion program (Experiment 2) were compared to a group of highly proficient English-Spanish speakers. All three groups named cognate words more quickly and accurately than matched noncognates, indicating that all speakers experienced cross-language activation during speech planning. However, only the classroom learners exhibited effects of cross-language activation in their articulation: Cognate words were named with shorter overall durations, but longer (more English-like) voice onset times. Inhibition of the first language during L2 speech planning appears to impact the stages of speech production at which cross-language activation patterns can be observed.
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, Language Processing, English, Native Speakers, Comparative Analysis, Inhibition
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (DHHS); National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: HD053146; BCS0955090; OISE0968369; SMA1409636