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Automatic processing of word meaning: intralingual and interlingual interference.

G S Goodman, M M Haith, R E Guttentag

    Child Development
    |February 1, 1985
    PubMed
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    Bilingual children automatically process word meanings in both languages, even early in second-language acquisition. This suggests semantic processing occurs regardless of language proficiency or type of word interference.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psycholinguistics
    • Cognitive Neuroscience
    • Developmental Psychology

    Background:

    • Bilingualism involves managing two language systems.
    • Understanding automatic word processing in bilinguals is crucial for language acquisition research.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate automatic word meaning processing in bilingual children.
    • To examine semantic interference in bilinguals at different stages of second-language acquisition.

    Main Methods:

    • Picture-word interference task used with bilingual children.
    • Children named pictures while ignoring distractor words in the same or different languages.

    Main Results:

    • Proficient bilinguals showed semantic interference in both intralingual and interlingual trials.

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  • Early second-language learners also demonstrated automatic semantic processing of new words.
  • Interlingual interference patterns matched intralingual interference in all participants.

    • Conclusions:

    • Automatic semantic processing occurs early in second-language acquisition.
    • Bilingual word processing may not rely on a simple "input switch" mechanism.
    • Findings challenge existing models of bilingual language control.