Bilingual Lexical Access and Reading

Palma, Pauline; Titone, Debra

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“…It is crucial to understand the differences between the monolingual and bilingual lexicon to understand how novel L2 words might be integrated into semantic memory. Experience with multiple languages has been shown to have a profound impact on language representation and processing (for a review, see Palma & Titone, 2020). Bilingualism is characterized by reduced lexical entrenchment-a consequence of reduced absolute exposure with each of the known languages, whereas monolinguals have experience with only one language (Whitford & Titone, 2019).…”

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Something old, something new: A review of the literature on sleep-related lexicalization of novel words in adults

Palma

Titone

2020

Psychon Bull Rev

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Word learning is a crucial aspect of human development that depends on the formation and consolidation of novel memory traces. In this paper, we critically review the behavioural research on sleep-related lexicalization of novel words in healthy young adult speakers. We first describe human memory systems, the processes underlying memory consolidation, then we describe the Complementary Learning Systems account of memory consolidation. We then review behavioural studies focusing on novel word learning and sleep-related lexicalization in monolingual samples, while highlighting their relevance to three main theoretical questions. Finally, we review the few studies that have investigated sleep-related lexicalization in L2 speakers. Overall, while several studies suggest that sleep promotes the gradual transformation of initially labile traces into more stable representations, a growing body of work suggests a rich variety of time-courses for novel word lexicalization. Moreover, there is a need for more work on sleep-related lexicalization patterns in varied populations, such as L2 speakers and bilingual speakers, and more work on individual differences, to fully understand the boundary conditions of this phenomenon.

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Something old, something new: A review of the literature on sleep-related lexicalization of novel words in adults

Palma

Titone

2020

Psychon Bull Rev

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“…Our interdisciplinary review leads us to believe that components of the HLS Framework, which highlight the importance of applied functional literacy skills, stimulus complexity, and individual cognitive capabilities for the processing of information, are partially analogous to those outlined by existing models of language processing, reading comprehension, and functional literacy (Bulajić et al, 2019; Perfetti & Stafura, 2014). Yet, despite the emphasis of research on multilingual reading (Kim et al, 2018; Lauro & Schwartz, 2017; Palma & Titone, 2020; Perfetti & Stafura, 2014; Whitford et al, 2016), we find none of the extant health literacy frameworks presently incorporates crucial factors known to be relevant for multilingual reading comprehension, such as health-related stimulus complexity…”

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“…2Such effects are captured by eminent models of word recognition such as the Bilingual Interactive Activation (BIA+), and Inhibitory Control (IC) models (Dijkstra & van Heuven, 2002; also see, Palma & Titone, 2020). …”

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Socioecological and psycholinguistic approaches to multilingual health literacy.

Hernández-Rivera¹,

Gullifer²,

Titone³

2022

Translational Issues in Psychological Science

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Socioecological approaches to communication consider people's language behaviors as nested within multilevel sociocultural systems. In contrast, psycholinguistic approaches consider people's language behaviors as a collection of person-specific experiences and capacities (Itzhak et al., 2017). Both approaches are relevant to understanding real-world communicative needs, such as health literacy in multilingual settings. While health literacy in a first (L1) or second language (L2) is crucial for comprehending health information, the precise determinants that influence health literacy (e.g., text characteristics, reader characteristics, and multilayered socioecological context) remain unclear, particularly for people living within language-discordant contexts (i.e., where the language of the environment differs from one's L1). To address these issues, we review health literacy as it pertains to multilingualism and emphasize the relevance of psycholinguistic studies of written language processing, individual differences in L1 and L2 reading skills, and language experience. Our goal is to synthesize information that could be useful for maximizing health literacy and reducing linguistic barriers, by expanding upon existing health literacy frameworks to the domain of multilingualism.What is the significance of this article for the general public?We review how the socioecological context of multilingualism, and the psycholinguistic behaviors of multilingual people jointly impact health literacy. We address health literacy challenges in multilingual adults, and how psycholinguistic phenomena reported for multilingual adults might address these challenges. We hope this review advances interdisciplinary efforts to characterize and overcome language barriers in health care access.

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“…Estudos sobre acesso lexical em falantes bilíngues e multilíngues têm mostrado efeitos de coativação linguística na leitura, como já foi amplamente demonstrado na literatura (Dijkstra 2005;Lauro & Schwartz 2017;Palma & Titone 2020;Toassi & Mota 2015). Entende-se por acesso lexical o processo de recuperar informações semânticas e gramaticais por meio da forma ortográfica e/ou fonológica da palavra (Dijkstra 2005).…”

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Leitura de sentenças em alemão por falantes de hunsriqueano: acesso lexical não seletivo e coativação sintática

Limberger

2023

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Estudos sobre o processamento da leitura bilíngue/multilíngue têm evidenciado de forma robusta que o acesso lexical é não seletivo, havendo uma busca paralela em todos os subsistemas linguísticos. Esse efeito tem sido replicado nas pesquisas mais recentes nas quais são apresentadas sentenças aos participantes. O contexto de sentença também mostra que pode haver coativação sintática, de modo que as representações sintáticas de uma língua possam facilitar o processamento de estruturas semelhantes na outra língua. De forma geral, tais as investigações incluem línguas hegemônicas e majoritárias. Diante disso, o objetivo deste estudo foi investigar o acesso lexical durante o processamento de sentenças em alemão por falantes de hunsriqueano, língua brasileira de imigração alemã. Foi aplicada uma Tarefa de compreensão de sentenças em alemão. Dois grupos participaram da pesquisa: um composto por falantes de hunsriqueano, o outro por não falantes de qualquer língua minoritária de origem alemã. Todos os participantes estudaram alemão como língua estrangeira. Os resultados mostram um efeito do compartilhamento de representações semânticas, fonológicas (acesso lexical não seletivo) e sintáticas (coativação sintática) entre hunsriqueano e alemão no processamento de sentenças em alemão. Por meio dos resultados, visamos contribuir com a pesquisa em línguas minoritárias e processamento da leitura, uma relação nem sempre trivial.

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Bilingual Lexical Access and Reading

Cited by 12 publications

References 47 publications

Something old, something new: A review of the literature on sleep-related lexicalization of novel words in adults

Something old, something new: A review of the literature on sleep-related lexicalization of novel words in adults

Socioecological and psycholinguistic approaches to multilingual health literacy.

Leitura de sentenças em alemão por falantes de hunsriqueano: acesso lexical não seletivo e coativação sintática

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