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Cong Liu1, Kalinka Timmer2, Lu Jiao3
11 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science and Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006)
|February 28, 2019
Summary
Social-cultural identity cues, like faces, influence bilingual language control. Faces modulate local control, affecting switch costs, but not global control, impacting language dominance.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Psycholinguistics
Background:
- Bilingual language control mechanisms are complex.
- The role of socio-cultural context in language processing is under-explored.
- Switch costs and language dominance effects are key indicators of language control.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how faces with social-cultural identity impact bilingual language control.
- To examine the effects of congruent and incongruent socio-cultural contexts on language switching.
- To determine if contextual faces influence local versus global language control.
Main Methods:
- Participants performed language tasks in the presence or absence of faces (Asian or Caucasian).
- Face-to-context congruence (matched or mismatched language) was manipulated.
- Cue preparation time was varied across two experiments (long vs. short).
Main Results:
- An asymmetric switch cost, with higher costs for the second language (L2), was observed in congruent contexts compared to baseline and incongruent contexts.
- The reversed language dominance effect remained consistent across all contexts.
- Contextual faces significantly modulated local language control but not global language control.
Conclusions:
- Faces with socio-cultural identity play a crucial role in modulating local aspects of bilingual language control.
- Bilingual language control demonstrates flexibility in response to socio-cultural cues within the environment.
- These findings highlight the dynamic interplay between social context and language processing in bilinguals.
Keywords:
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