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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Bilingualism Research

Background:

  • Late bilinguals often exhibit complex language processing dynamics.
  • Orthographic properties of words can influence language recognition speed.
  • Visual field effects in bilinguals hint at hemispheric language processing differences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how orthographic marking affects language recognition in late bilinguals.
  • To explore potential differences in processing strategies for first (L1) and second (L2) languages.
  • To examine the role of visual field presentation in bilingual word recognition.

Main Methods:

  • A speeded language recognition task was administered to 16 French-English late bilinguals.
  • Lateralized words, marked or unmarked for language by digram frequency, were presented.
  • Response latencies were recorded for words shown in the left and right visual fields.

Main Results:

  • Faster response latencies were observed for orthographically marked words compared to unmarked words.
  • This effect was more pronounced for the second language (English).
  • L2 marked words were recognized faster than L1 marked words, particularly in the left visual field.

Conclusions:

  • Orthographically marked words may trigger a perceptual search strategy, benefiting L2 recognition.
  • Unmarked words might engage a lexical search strategy, favoring L1 processing.
  • Visual field presentation interacts with word properties and language status in bilingual recognition.