Language selective or non-selective in bilingual lexical access? It depends on lexical tones!

ABSTRACT: Much of the literature surrounding bilingual spoken word recognition is based on bilinguals of non-tonal languages. In the Mandarin spoken word recognition literature, lexical tones are often considered as equally important as segments in lexical processing. It is unclear whether and how lexical tones contribute to bilingual language processing. One recent study demonstrates that tonal bilinguals require the availability of both tonal and segmental information to induce cross-language lexical competition during bilingual lexical access, even without phonological overlap between the target and non-target language. The current study investigates whether overt phonological overlap between the target and non-target language would equally require both tonal and segmental information available t

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7089543 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature