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Publication Date: 2020-Apr
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Does Integrating a Code-Switch during Comprehension Engage Cognitive Control?
Adler, Rachel M.; Valdés Kroff, Jorge R.; Novick, Jared M.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v46 n4 p741-759 Apr 2020
We investigated whether bilinguals' integration of a code-switch during real-time comprehension, which involves resolving among conflicting linguistic representations, modulates the deployment of cognitive-control mechanisms. In the current experiment, Spanish-English bilinguals (N = 48) completed a cross-task conflict-adaptation paradigm that tested whether reading code-switched sentences triggers cognitive-control engagement that immediately influences performance on an ensuing Flanker trial. We observed that, while incrementally processing sentences, detecting a code-switch (as opposed to reading sentences that did not contain a code-switch) assisted subsequent conflict resolution. Such temporal interdependence between confronting cross-linguistic conflict and ensuing adjustments in behavior indicates that integrating a code-switch during online comprehension may recruit domain-general cognitive-control procedures. We propose that such control mechanisms mobilize to resolve among competing representations that arise across languages during real-time parsing of code-switched input. Overall, the findings provide novel insight into what language-processing demands of bilingualism regulate cognitive-control performance moment by moment.
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Spanish, English (Second Language), Bilingualism, Reading Processes, Language Processing, Interference (Language), Psycholinguistics, Linguistic Input, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Universities, Reaction Time, Task Analysis
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