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The effects of bilingualism on controlled and automatic processing during lexical access

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dc.contributorBlack, Sheila R.
dc.contributorKlinger, Mark R.
dc.contributorDrozd, Andrew Michael
dc.contributorRoskos-Ewoldsen, Beverly
dc.contributor.advisorWard, Thomas B.
dc.contributor.authorKolomyts, Yuliya
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T14:43:00Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T14:43:00Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThe effects of bilingualism on individuals' controlled and automatic visual word processing during a semantic task were examined. Proficient bilinguals, intermediate bilinguals and monolinguals were presented with a semantic priming task where semantic relatedness of prime and target words was manipulated. Lexical stimuli were also manipulated in terms of the strength of association with their category meaning and their meaningfulness. Half of the lexical stimuli were presented at short SOA (automatic condition) and half - at long SOA (controlled condition). The results indicated that there was a strong category effect demonstrated by all language groups in both automatic and controlled conditions (strongly related words were processed faster than weakly related words). Monolinguals were found to outperform intermediate but not proficient bilinguals on controlled lexical task. Monolinguals also demonstrated a facilitation effect on automatic lexical task that was matched by proficient bilinguals but not intermediate bilinguals Consistent with the previous research was the finding that bilinguals' superior L2 skills tend to facilitate their L2 information processing.en_US
dc.format.extent85 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0000639
dc.identifier.otherKolomyts_alatus_0004D_10768
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/1144
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.titleThe effects of bilingualism on controlled and automatic processing during lexical accessen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Psychology
etdms.degree.disciplinePsychology
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.

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