On a different<i>plane</i>: Cross-language effects on the conceptual representations of within-language homonyms

Fontes, Ana Beatriz Arêas da Luz; Schwartz, Ana I.

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“…In the current study we found that within-language meaning dominance predicted translation probability above and beyond form overlap and other lexical and semantic factors. Our results therefore extend the findings of Arêas da Luz Fontes and Schwartz (2010) by demonstrating that despite cognate-driven biases (see also Prior et al, 2013), the influence of form overlap does not override that of within-language meaning dominance.…”

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“…Recently, Arêas da Luz Fontes and Schwartz (2010) examined the relation between within-language meaning-dominance and cross-language form overlap. Specifically, they showed that when asked to produce sentences for English homographs, Spanish/English bilinguals tended to produce sentences to the meaning of the homograph that is also captured by the cognate translation in Spanish.…”

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Determinants of translation ambiguity

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Ambiguity in translation is highly prevalent, and has consequences for second-language learning and for bilingual lexical processing. To better understand this phenomenon, the current study compared the determinants of translation ambiguity across four sets of translation norms from English to Spanish, Dutch, German and Hebrew. The number of translations an English word received was correlated across these different languages, and was also correlated with the number of senses the word has in English, demonstrating that translation ambiguity is partially determined by within-language semantic ambiguity. For semantically-ambiguous English words, the probability of the different translations in Spanish and Hebrew was predicted by the meaning-dominance structure in English, beyond the influence of other lexical and semantic factors, for bilinguals translating from their L1, and translating from their L2. These findings are consistent with models postulating direct access to meaning from L2 words for moderately-proficient bilinguals.

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Determinants of translation ambiguity

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“…ERPs)language background questionnaire and self-ratings of proficiencyFitzPatrick and Indefrey, (2010)lexical competition in L2 speech comprehensionsentence listening (incl. ERPs) 50 items of Oxford Placement Test and LexTALE Fontes and Schwartz, (2010)cross-language influence on representation of homonymssentence generationlanguage background questionnaire and self-ratingsLeonard et al, (2010)spatiotemporal dynamics of bilingual word processingsize judgment task on words and picturesself-ratings of proficiencyLibben and Titone, (2009)processing of interlingual homographs and cognates in sentencessentence reading (incl. eye movement recordings)language background questionnaire and self-ratings of proficiencyLiu, Guo, and Peng, (2009)neural organization of L1 and L2 productionL1 and L2 picture namingself-ratings of proficiencyMacizo, Bajo, and Cruz Martin, (2010)processing of interlingual homographsword relation judgmentslanguage background questionnaire and self-ratings of proficiencyMidgley, Holcomb, and Grainger, (2009)time-course of form and meaning activation during L2 word recognitionvisual word identification (animal name detection)language background questionnaire and self-ratings, L2-L1 translation of experimental itemsOta, Hartsuiker, and Haywood, (2009)L2 recognition of near-homophonessemantic relationship judgmentlanguage background questionnairePalmer, van Hooff, and Haavelka, (2010) (Exp.…”

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Introducing LexTALE: A quick and valid Lexical Test for Advanced Learners of English

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The increasing number of experimental studies on second language (L2) processing, frequently with English as the L2, calls for a practical and valid measure of English vocabulary knowledge and proficiency. In a large-scale study with Dutch and Korean speakers of L2 English, we tested whether LexTALE, a 5-min vocabulary test, is a valid predictor of English vocabulary knowledge and, possibly, even of general English proficiency. Furthermore, the validity of LexTALE was compared with that of self-ratings of proficiency, a measure frequently used by L2 researchers. The results showed the following in both speaker groups: (1) LexTALE was a good predictor of English vocabulary knowledge; 2) it also correlated substantially with a measure of general English proficiency; and 3) LexTALE was generally superior to self-ratings in its predictions. LexTALE, but not self-ratings, also correlated highly with previous experimental data on two word recognition paradigms. The test can be carried out on or downloaded from www.lextale.com.

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“…Another theoretical account of cross-lingual homograph effects is an extension of the monolingual Re-ordered Access Model of Duffy, Morris, and Rayner ( 1988 ;Arêas Da Luz Fontes & Schwartz, 2010 ; see also Schwartz & Van Hell, 2012 ). According to this monolingual model, the extent to which each meaning of a homonym (e.g., bank as a riverside or a fi nancial institution) is activated depends on the relative frequency of the meanings and on the syntactic/semantic context biasing a certain meaning.…”

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“…Costa, Santesteban, & Cano, 2005 ;Dijkstra et al, 2010 ;see Van Assche et al, 2012 and , for reviews). A theoretical explanation of the cross-language activation effects discussed above can be given within bilingual language processing models such as the Bilingual Interactive Activation Plus Model (BIA+; ) and a bilingual extension of the Re -ordered Access Model of Duffy, Morris, and Rayner ( 1988 ;Arêas Da Luz Fontes & Schwartz, 2010 ;.…”

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Context Effects in Bilingual Sentence Processing: Task Specificity

Assche

Duyck

Hartsuiker

2016

Methods in Bilingual Reading Comprehension Research

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This chapter provides an overview of bilingualism research on visual word recognition in sentence context and relates this work to task-specifi c context factors. Many studies examining bilingual word recognition out-of-context have shown that words from both languages become activated when reading in one language (i.e., language-nonselective lexical access). A recent research line investigated whether presentation of words in a sentence context, providing a language cue and/or semantic constraint to restrict lexical access to words in the target language, modulates this language-nonselective activation. Recent lexical decision , translation , naming , and eye -tracking studies suggest that the language of the sentence context cannot restrict lexical access to words of the target language. Eye-tracking studies revealed that semantic constraint of a sentence does not necessarily restrict language-nonselective access, although there is evidence that it has a relatively late effect, and that it affects language-nonselective activation in lexical decision, translation, and naming studies.

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On a differentplane: Cross-language effects on the conceptual representations of within-language homonyms

Cited by 33 publications

References 45 publications

Determinants of translation ambiguity

Determinants of translation ambiguity

Introducing LexTALE: A quick and valid Lexical Test for Advanced Learners of English

Context Effects in Bilingual Sentence Processing: Task Specificity

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