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  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Bilingualism Research

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  • Bilinguals often exhibit cross-linguistic influence, where one language impacts the processing of another.
  • It is hypothesized that the environment (e.g., language use frequency) may modulate the degree of second language (L2) interference during first language (L1) tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether L2 is activated during L1-only tasks.
  • To determine if L2 interference varies based on the testing environment's L2 usage frequency.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Arabic-English bilinguals (N=99) performed an L1 picture-phoneme judgment task in Saudi Arabia (low L2 use) and the United States (high L2 use).
  • Experiment 2: Arabic monolinguals (N=24) completed a similar task to control for language background.
  • Data collected included error rates and response times, with correlational analyses examining L2 usage and L1 picture name frequency.

Main Results:

  • No significant effect of testing location on language processing was found for bilinguals.
  • L2 interference was evident in increased error rates but not in response times.
  • Correlations indicated L2 interference was associated with higher weekly L2 usage and English picture name frequency.

Conclusions:

  • L2 interference occurs during L1 tasks regardless of the testing environment's L2 exposure.
  • Bilingual language activation is robust and not easily modulated by situational language use.
  • Findings contribute to understanding the dynamics of bilingual memory and language control mechanisms.