Is there proactive inhibitory control during bilingual and bidialectal language production?

ABSTRACT: The bilingual language control literature generally assumes that cross-language interference resolution relies on inhibition of the non-target language. A similar approach has been taken in the bidialectal language control literature. However, there is little evidence along these lines for proactive language control, which entails a control process that is implemented as an anticipation of any cross-language interference. To further investigate the possibility of proactive inhibitory control, we examined the effect of language variety preparation time, by manipulating the cue-to-stimulus interval, on parallel language activation, by manipulating cognate status. If proactive language control relies on inhibition, one would expect less parallel language activation (i.e., a smaller cognate fa

SUBMITTER: Declerck M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8439467 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature