The time course of cross-language activation in deaf ASL–English bilinguals

JILL P. MORFORD ^[1] ; CORRINE OCCHINO-KEHOE ^[1] ; PILAR PIÑAR ^[4] ; ERIN WILKINSON ^[2] ; JUDITH F. KROLL ^[3]
1. [1] University of New Mexico
  
  University of New Mexico
  
  Estados Unidos
2. [2] University of Manitoba
  
  University of Manitoba
  
  Canadá
3. [3] Pennsylvania State University
  
  Pennsylvania State University
  
  Borough of State College, Estados Unidos
4. [4] Gallaudet University
  
  Gallaudet University
  
  Estados Unidos
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Localización: Bilingualism: Language and cognition, ISSN 1366-7289, Vol. 20, Nº 2, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Cross-linguistic Priming in Bilinguals: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Language Processing, Acquisition and Change), págs. 337-350
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- What is the time course of cross-language activation in deaf sign–print bilinguals? Prior studies demonstrating cross-language activation in deaf bilinguals used paradigms that would allow strategic or conscious translation. This study investigates whether cross-language activation can be eliminated by reducing the time available for lexical processing. Deaf ASL–English bilinguals and hearing English monolinguals viewed pairs of English words and judged their semantic similarity. Half of the stimuli had phonologically related translations in ASL, but participants saw only English words. We replicated prior findings of cross-language activation despite the introduction of a much faster rate of presentation. Further, the deaf bilinguals were as fast or faster than hearing monolinguals despite the fact that the task was in their second language. The results allow us to rule out the possibility that deaf ASL–English bilinguals only activate ASL phonological forms when given ample time for strategic or conscious translation across their two languages.