Vocabulary Size Is a Key Factor in Predicting Second Language Lexical Encoding Accuracy.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates the relationship between the accuracy of second language lexical representations and perception, phonological short-term memory, inhibitory control, attention control, and second language vocabulary size. English-speaking learners of Spanish were tested on their lexical encoding of the Spanish /ɾ-r/, /ɾ-d/, /r-d/, and /f-p/ contrasts through a lexical decision task. Perception ability was measured with an oddity task, phonological short-term memory with a serial non-word recognition task, attention control with a flanker task, inhibitory control with a retrieval-induced inhibition task, and vocabulary size with the X_Lex vocabulary test. Results revealed that differences in perception performance, inhibitory control, and attention control were not related to differe

SUBMITTER: Daidone D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339215 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature