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Changes in Native Sentence Processing Related to Bilingualism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Patricia Román1,2, Irene Gómez-Gómez1
1Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Seville, Spain.
Frontiers in Psychology
|March 10, 2022
Summary
Bilinguals experience subtle changes in their native language, affecting sentence comprehension and production. Shorter stays in a second language environment correlate with more significant native language alterations.
Area of Science:
- Psycholinguistics
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Second Language Acquisition
Background:
- Second language acquisition influences native language (L1) processing.
- Understanding L1 transformations in bilinguals is crucial for psycholinguistic research.
Approach:
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of 14 studies comparing monolinguals and bilinguals.
- Behavioral methods assessed morphosyntactic processing in L1 comprehension and production.
- Investigated the impact of bilingual experience, including length of residence in an L2 setting.
Key Points:
- Bilinguals exhibit minor alterations in native language sentence comprehension and production.
- Bilingual experience influences the extent of L1 changes.
- Shorter length of residence in a second language environment is linked to greater L1 modifications.
Conclusions:
- Native language processing undergoes subtle transformations in bilingual individuals.
- Length of residence in an L2 environment is a key predictor of L1 change magnitude.
- Further research is needed to elucidate the cognitive mechanisms underlying language attrition.
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