Word and pseudoword superiority effects in Italian–English bilinguals

• Autores: Giordana Grossi, Jeremy Murphy, Josh Boggan
• Localización: Bilingualism: Language and cognition, ISSN 1366-7289, Vol. 12, Nº 1, 2009, págs. 113-120
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Two indices of automatic orthographic processing, the word and pseudoword superiority effects, were explored in native Italian speakers familiar with English (late learners) and native English-speaking controls unfamiliar with Italian. Participants performed a forced-choice letter identification task with five categories of words: Italian words and pseudowords, English words and pseudowords, and nonwords. Native Italian speakers showed superiority effects for both languages, whereas English-speaking controls showed superiority effects only for English. These results suggest that orthographic processing can become automatic with extensive training in late bilinguals.