Language Dominance and Lexical-Semantic Processing in Bilingual Toddlers
| dc.contributor.author | Ward, Abbey Lee | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-29T22:12:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-29T22:12:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | 68 pages | |
| dc.description.abstract | Prior research suggests that language systems interact in bilingual individuals. The current study seeks to extend prior work by investigating whether or not bilingual toddlers exhibit cross-language priming effects and to what extent measures of proficiency versus exposure modulate lexical-semantic processing within and across languages. Here we present findings on a group of Spanish-English bilingual toddlers at 24 months of age (N = 20). Consistent with prior literature, toddlers demonstrated cross-language priming effects, suggesting that language systems interact in the second year of life. Additionally, our results indicate that lexical-semantic processing is related to language proficiency, such that vocabulary was a stronger predictor than cumulative exposure. Surprisingly, proficiency measured by vocabulary size and speed of word recognition either facilitated or inhibited lexical-semantic processing, dependent on language condition. Together these findings demonstrate that proficiency modulates lexical-semantic processing within and across languages. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/25824 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
| dc.subject | Graduation AuditThesis Prospectus | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bilingual Development | en_US |
| dc.subject | Communication | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lexical-semantic Processing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Language Dominance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bilingual Spanish-English | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cross-language Interaction | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bilingual Toddlers | en_US |
| dc.title | Language Dominance and Lexical-Semantic Processing in Bilingual Toddlers | |
| dc.type | Thesis/Dissertation |