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The gender congruency effect in Catalan-Spanish bilinguals: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence

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    Identifier: imarina:6111259
    Authors:
    Daniela PaolieriJosep DemestreMarc Guasch MoixMaría Teresa Bajo MolinaPilar Ferré Romeu
    Abstract:
    Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2020. The present study examines whether processing a word in one language is affected by the grammatical gender of its translation equivalent in another language. To this end, a group of Catalan-Spanish bilinguals performed a translation-recognition task while event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded. Participants were presented with Catalan and Spanish pairs of words and had to decide if they were translation equivalents. Correct translations included words that were gender congruent (estiuMAS/veranoMAS-summer) or gender incongruent (tardorFEM/otonõMAS-autumn). The behavioral results showed that participants were faster and more accurate in the gender-congruent condition than in the incongruent condition. The ERP data showed a reduced N400 for the congruent condition. The facilitative effect of gender congruency observed in this study constitutes evidence of the obligatory access to grammatical gender information during bare noun processing and suggests that the bilinguals' gender systems interact, even in highly proficient early bilinguals.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Daniela Paolieri; Josep Demestre; Marc Guasch Moix; María Teresa Bajo Molina; Pilar Ferré Romeu
    Department: Psicologia
    URV's Author/s: Demestre Viladevall, Josep / Ferré Romeu, Maria Pilar / Guasch Moix, Marc
    Keywords: Translation-recognition task N400 Gender processing in bilinguals Gender congruency Erps
    Abstract: Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2020. The present study examines whether processing a word in one language is affected by the grammatical gender of its translation equivalent in another language. To this end, a group of Catalan-Spanish bilinguals performed a translation-recognition task while event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded. Participants were presented with Catalan and Spanish pairs of words and had to decide if they were translation equivalents. Correct translations included words that were gender congruent (estiuMAS/veranoMAS-summer) or gender incongruent (tardorFEM/otonõMAS-autumn). The behavioral results showed that participants were faster and more accurate in the gender-congruent condition than in the incongruent condition. The ERP data showed a reduced N400 for the congruent condition. The facilitative effect of gender congruency observed in this study constitutes evidence of the obligatory access to grammatical gender information during bare noun processing and suggests that the bilinguals' gender systems interact, even in highly proficient early bilinguals.
    Thematic Areas: Psychology, experimental Linguistics and language Linguistics Language and linguistics Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística Education Educació Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 1366-7289
    Author's mail: marc.guasch@urv.cat mariadelpilar.ferre@urv.cat josep.demestre@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-6898-120X 0000-0002-3192-0040 0000-0001-9221-066X
    Record's date: 2023-02-22
    Journal volume: 23
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/abs/gender-congruency-effect-in-catalanspanish-bilinguals-behavioral-and-electrophysiological-evidence/67A984D8829A4B9E18B634D52304EA99
    Papper original source: Bilingualism-Language And Cognition. 23 (5): 1045-1055
    APA: Daniela Paolieri; Josep Demestre; Marc Guasch Moix; María Teresa Bajo Molina; Pilar Ferré Romeu (2020). The gender congruency effect in Catalan-Spanish bilinguals: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Bilingualism-Language And Cognition, 23(5), 1045-1055. DOI: 10.1017/S1366728920000073
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1017/S1366728920000073
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2020
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Education,Language and Linguistics,Linguistics,Linguistics and Language,Psychology, Experimental
    Translation-recognition task
    N400
    Gender processing in bilinguals
    Gender congruency
    Erps
    Psychology, experimental
    Linguistics and language
    Linguistics
    Language and linguistics
    Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística
    Education
    Educació
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias humanas
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