Translation ambiguity but not word class predicts translation performance.

ABSTRACT: We investigated the influence of word class and translation ambiguity on cross-linguistic representation and processing. Bilingual speakers of English and Spanish performed translation production and translation recognition tasks on nouns and verbs in both languages. Words either had a single translation or more than one translation. Translation probability, as determined by normative data, was the strongest predictor of translation production and translation recognition, after controlling for psycholinguistic variables. Word class did not explain additional variability in translation performance, raising the possibility that previous findings of differences between nouns and verbs might be attributed to the greater translation ambiguity of verbs relative to nouns. Proficiency in the secon

SUBMITTER: Prior A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9833861 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature