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Language non-specific lexical activation in bilinguals: Evidence from the phoneme monitoring task | Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing

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Vol 30 No 1 (2011)
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Language non-specific lexical activation in bilinguals: Evidence from the phoneme monitoring task

Published December 22, 2011
Keywords
  • Bilingualism,
  • Orthography,
  • Lexical activation,
  • Phoneme monitoring task
How to Cite
Shivabasappa, P., B, R., & Krishnan, G. (2011). Language non-specific lexical activation in bilinguals: Evidence from the phoneme monitoring task. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 30(1), 160-168. Retrieved from http://203.129.241.91/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/1366

Abstract

The language-specific versus language non-specific views of bilingual lexical activation has been overwhelmingly debated in the contemporary bilingual research. In this context, the present study attempted to address this issue in a group of bilingual subjects. The study employing phoneme monitoring task in two orthographically dissimilar languages (Kannada & English) in a group of normal bilinguals. The subjects required more time to reject phonemes in the non-target language (translation) picture names. The findings of the study supported the language non-specific view of bilingual lexical activation. Further, the study also revealed the role of orthography in phoneme monitoring task especially when two orthographically dissimilar languages are considered.