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Dissociating language-switch costs from cue-switch costs in bilingual language switching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2016

KARIN W. HEIKOOP ,
MATHIEU DECLERCK ,
SANDER A. LOS  and
IRING KOCH
KARIN W. HEIKOOP
Affiliation:
Cognitive Psychology, VU University Amsterdam Institute of Psychology, RWTH Aachen University
MATHIEU DECLERCK
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, RWTH Aachen University Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, Brain & Language Research Institute, Aix-Marseille University
SANDER A. LOS
Affiliation:
Cognitive Psychology, VU University Amsterdam
IRING KOCH*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, RWTH Aachen University
*
Address for correspondence: Iring Koch, Institute of Psychology, RWTH Aachen University, Jägerstrasse 17–19, D-52056 Aachen, Germanykoch@psych.rwth-aachen.de
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Abstract

Cued language switching is used to examine language-control processes by comparing performance in language-switch trials with performance in repetition trials. In 1:1 cue-to-language mappings, language repetitions involve cue repetitions and language switches involve cue switches. Hence, the observed switch costs might reflect cue-switch costs rather than language-related control processes. By introducing a 2:1 cue-to-language mapping, we dissociated language switches (cue and language switched vs. cue switched, but language repeated) and cue switches (repeated language, with vs. without switched cue). We found cue-switch costs, but language-related switch costs were substantial, too, presumably reflecting language-control processes in cued language switching.

Keywords

bilingualismlanguage controllanguage switchingpicture namingcue processing
Type
Research Notes
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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 19 , Issue 5 , November 2016 , pp. 921 - 927
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