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@article{citeulike:2845713, abstract = {In three experiments, we studied the influence of foreign language knowledge on native language performance in an exclusively native language context. Trilinguals with Dutch as their native and dominant language (L1), English as their second language (L2), and French as their third language (L3) performed a word association task (Experiment 1) or a lexical decision task (Experiments 2 and 3) in L1. The L1 stimulus words were cognates with their translations in English, cognates with their translations in French, or were noncognates. In Experiments 1 and 2 with trilinguals who were highly proficient in English and relatively low in proficiency in French, we observed shorter word association and lexical decision times to the L1 words that were cognates with English than to the noncognates. In these relatively low-proficiency French speakers, response times (RTs) for the L1 words that were cognates with French did not differ from those for the noncognates. In Experiment 3, we tested Dutch-English-French trilinguals with a higher level of fluency in French (i.e., equally fluent in English and in French). We now observed faster responses on the L1 words that were cognates with French than on the noncognates. Lexical decision times to the cognates with English were also shorter than those to then oncognates. The results indicate that words presented in the dominant language, to naive participants, activate information in the nontarget, and weaker, language in parallel, implying that the multilinguals' processing system is profoundly nonselective with respect to language. A minimal level of nontarget language fluency seems to be required, however, before any weaker language effects become noticeable in L1 processing.}, address = {Department of Special Education, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. j.vanhell@ped.kun.nl}, author = {Van Hell, J. G. and Dijkstra, T.}, citeulike-article-id = {2845713}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12613683}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12613683}, comment = {Invistigate the influence of foreign language on native language performance in an exclusively native language context. Participants-three groups of trilinguals Dutch-English-French a. Dutch>English>French (exp.1 \& 2),b. Dutch>English>French, but French are recruited from French Language and Literature Department (higher French proficient) Material-cognate Task-native language (Dutch) word association (exp.1), LDT (exp.2 \& 3) Material-cognates with English, cognates with French, noncognates Results- Cognates,English < Cognates,French = noncognates (Exp.1 \& 2) Cognates,English < Cognates,French < noncognates (Exp.3) Even thoug the two tasks may be assued to differ considerably in their component processes, the patterns of results in the two experiments were highly similar: word association and lexical decision times for words that were cognates with their L2 were shorter than those for the noncognates. cognates facilitation effects- }, issn = {1069-9384}, journal = {Psychonomic bulletin \& review}, keywords = {bilingual, cognate, trilingual}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {780--789}, posted-at = {2008-05-29 19:53:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Foreign language knowledge can influence native language performance in exclusively native contexts.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12613683}, volume = {9}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2845713 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2845713 N2 - In three experiments, we studied the influence of foreign language knowledge on native language performance in an exclusively native language context. Trilinguals with Dutch as their native and dominant language (L1), English as their second language (L2), and French as their third language (L3) performed a word association task (Experiment 1) or a lexical decision task (Experiments 2 and 3) in L1. The L1 stimulus words were cognates with their translations in English, cognates with their translations in French, or were noncognates. In Experiments 1 and 2 with trilinguals who were highly proficient in English and relatively low in proficiency in French, we observed shorter word association and lexical decision times to the L1 words that were cognates with English than to the noncognates. In these relatively low-proficiency French speakers, response times (RTs) for the L1 words that were cognates with French did not differ from those for the noncognates. In Experiment 3, we tested Dutch-English-French trilinguals with a higher level of fluency in French (i.e., equally fluent in English and in French). We now observed faster responses on the L1 words that were cognates with French than on the noncognates. Lexical decision times to the cognates with English were also shorter than those to then oncognates. The results indicate that words presented in the dominant language, to naive participants, activate information in the nontarget, and weaker, language in parallel, implying that the multilinguals' processing system is profoundly nonselective with respect to language. A minimal level of nontarget language fluency seems to be required, however, before any weaker language effects become noticeable in L1 processing. IS - 4 JF - Psychonomic bulletin & review SN - 1069-9384 AD - Department of Special Education, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. j.vanhell@ped.kun.nl EP - 789 TI - Foreign language knowledge can influence native language performance in exclusively native contexts. VL - 9 SP - 780 KW - bilingual KW - cognate KW - trilingual N1 - Invistigate the influence of foreign language on native language performance in an exclusively native language context. Participants-three groups of trilinguals Dutch-English-French a. Dutch>English>French (exp.1 & 2),b. Dutch>English>French, but French are recruited from French Language and Literature Department (higher French proficient) Material-cognate Task-native language (Dutch) word association (exp.1), LDT (exp.2 & 3) Material-cognates with English, cognates with French, noncognates Results- Cognates,English < Cognates,French = noncognates (Exp.1 & 2) Cognates,English < Cognates,French < noncognates (Exp.3) Even thoug the two tasks may be assued to differ considerably in their component processes, the patterns of results in the two experiments were highly similar: word association and lexical decision times for words that were cognates with their L2 were shorter than those for the noncognates. cognates facilitation effects- AU - Van Hell, JG AU - Dijkstra, T PY - 2002/12// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12613683 ER -