Masked repetition and translation priming in second language learners: a window on the time-course of form and meaning activation using erps. Export

@article{Midgleyetal09Psyphy, abstract = {Event-related potentials (ERPs) and masked translation priming served to examine the time-course of form and meaning activation during word recognition in second language learners. Targets were repetitions of, translations of, or were unrelated to the immediately preceding prime. In Experiment 1 all targets were in the participants' L2. In Experiment 2 all targets were in the participants' L1. In Exp 1 both within-language repetition and L1-L2 translation priming produced effects on the N250 component and the N400 component. In Experiment 2 only within-language repetition produced N250 effects, while both types of priming produced N400 effects. These results suggest rapid involvement of semantic representations during on-going form-level processing of printed words, and an absence of facilitatory connections between the form representations of non-cognate translation equivalents in L2 learners. The implications for bilingual theories of word processing are discussed.}, address = {Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA; CNRS \& Universit d'Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France}, author = {Midgley, Katherine J. and Holcomb, Phillip J. and Grainger, Jonathan}, citeulike-article-id = {4292632}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00784.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19298629}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19298629}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122240150/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00784.x}, issn = {1540-5958}, journal = {Psychophysiology}, keywords = {bilingualism, cognition, comprehension, erp, language, n400, semantics, vision}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {551--565}, posted-at = {2009-09-21 10:13:27}, priority = {2}, title = {Masked repetition and translation priming in second language learners: a window on the time-course of form and meaning activation using erps.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00784.x}, volume = {46}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - Midgleyetal09Psyphy L3 - citeulike-article-id:4292632 N2 - Event-related potentials (ERPs) and masked translation priming served to examine the time-course of form and meaning activation during word recognition in second language learners. Targets were repetitions of, translations of, or were unrelated to the immediately preceding prime. In Experiment 1 all targets were in the participants' L2. In Experiment 2 all targets were in the participants' L1. In Exp 1 both within-language repetition and L1-L2 translation priming produced effects on the N250 component and the N400 component. In Experiment 2 only within-language repetition produced N250 effects, while both types of priming produced N400 effects. These results suggest rapid involvement of semantic representations during on-going form-level processing of printed words, and an absence of facilitatory connections between the form representations of non-cognate translation equivalents in L2 learners. The implications for bilingual theories of word processing are discussed. IS - 3 JF - Psychophysiology SN - 1540-5958 AD - Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA; CNRS & Universit d'Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France EP - 565 TI - Masked repetition and translation priming in second language learners: a window on the time-course of form and meaning activation using erps. VL - 46 SP - 551 KW - bilingualism KW - cognition KW - comprehension KW - erp KW - language KW - n400 KW - semantics KW - vision AU - Midgley, Katherine AU - Holcomb, Phillip AU - Grainger, Jonathan PY - 2009/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00784.x ER -