Semantic priming in monolingual Russian and bilingual Russian (L1)-English (L2) speakers in a single word naming task: Semantic priming in Russian

Volkovyskaya, E., Raman, I. and Baluch, B. (2018) Semantic priming in monolingual Russian and bilingual Russian (L1)-English (L2) speakers in a single word naming task: Semantic priming in Russian. In: Psycholinguistics and Cognition in Language Processing :. IGI Global. pp. 87-111.

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Abstract:	Identifying and exploring factors that influence bilingual language processing has been the topic of much psycholinguistic research. Semantic priming is typically used to examine semantic processing and refers to the phenomenon in which semantically related items (doctor-nurse) are processed faster and more accurately than semantically unrelated items (doctor-butter). The aim of the chapter is to address two key questions: 1) how the two languages of a bilingual are organised or stored and 2) how the two languages are processed. A review of the literature shows that there are currently no theoretical frameworks that explain Russian monolingual or Russian (L1)-English (L2) bilingual storage or processing. Monolingual Russian speakers and bilingual Russian (L1)-English (L2) speaking university students were asked to name target words under related or unrelated conditions. The results show that the magnitude of the semantic priming effect was determined by L2 proficiency. The implications for these findings is discussed within the current bilingual theoretical models.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Monolingual, Russian, Bilingual, English, Speakers
Creators:	Volkovyskaya, Evgenia, Raman, Ilhan and Baluch, Bahman
Publisher:	IGI Global
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology Research Centres > Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences
Date:	7 February 2018
Date Type:	Publication
Page Range:	pp. 87-111
Title of Book:	Psycholinguistics and Cognition in Language Processing :
Series Name:	Psycholinguistics and Cognition in Language Processing
Number of Pages:	25
Language:	English
ISBN:	9781522540106
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4009-0.ch005
Status:	Published / Disseminated
Refereed:	Yes
Related URLs:	http://www.mendeley.com/research/semanti... https://pure.northampton.ac.uk/en/public...
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/11851

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