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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Bilingualism
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Background:

  • Understanding bilingual language processing is key to cognitive science.
  • Script differences between languages may affect cross-linguistic activation and priming.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of script differences on masked translation priming in early Hindi-English bilinguals.
  • To compare priming effects in cross-script (Devanagari/Roman) versus same-script (Roman/Roman) conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted with highly proficient early Hindi-English bilinguals.
  • Masked translation priming task using L1 Hindi and L2 English.
  • Experiment 1: Cross-script (Devanagari for Hindi, Roman for English).
  • Experiment 2: Same-script (Roman for both Hindi and English).

Main Results:

  • Translation priming was observed in the L1-L2 direction in both experiments.
  • L2-L1 priming occurred only in the same-script experiment.
  • L2-L1 priming was absent in the cross-script experiment.

Conclusions:

  • Orthographic cues significantly influence the directionality of translation priming in bilinguals.
  • Script differences may alter the perceived distance between L1 and L2 in lexical space.
  • Findings challenge simple models of cross-linguistic interaction and highlight the role of visual form in language processing.