Bilectal Exposure Modulates Neural Signatures to Conflicting Grammatical Properties: Norway as a Natural Laboratory
Saved in:
| Title: | Bilectal Exposure Modulates Neural Signatures to Conflicting Grammatical Properties: Norway as a Natural Laboratory |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Maki Kubota (ORCID |
| Source: | Language Learning. 2024 74(2):436-467. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 32 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Norwegian, Dialects, Grammar, Language Processing, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Diagnostic Tests, Nonstandard Dialects, Reading Comprehension, Task Analysis, Learning Experience, Psycholinguistics, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Norway |
| DOI: | 10.1111/lang.12608 |
| ISSN: | 0023-8333 1467-9922 |
| Abstract: | The current study investigated gender (control) and number (target) agreement processing in Northern and non-Northern Norwegians living in Northern Norway. Participants varied in exposure to Northern Norwegian (NN) dialect(s), where number marking differs from most other Norwegian dialects. In a comprehension task involving reading NN dialect writing, P600 effects for number agreement were significantly affected by NN exposure. The more exposure the NN nonnatives had, the larger the P600 was, driven by the "presence" of number agreement (ungrammatical in NN). In contrast, less exposure correlated to the inverse: P600 driven by the "absence" of number agreement (ungrammatical in most other dialects). The NN natives showed P600 driven by the "presence" of number agreement regardless of exposure. These findings suggests that bilectalism entails the representation of distinct mental grammars for each dialect. However, like all instances of bilingualism, bilectalism exists on a continuum whereby linguistic processing is modulated by linguistic experience. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Notes: | https://github.com/MakiKubota/Nordnorsk.git |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1421920 |
| Database: | ERIC |
Be the first to leave a comment!
