Do readers exert language control when switching alphabets within a language?

IF 2.9 1区心理学 Q1 LINGUISTICS

Journal of memory and language Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI:10.1016/j.jml.2024.104546

Dušica Filipović Đurđević , Laurie Beth Feldman

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Abstract

We investigated language control in (within-language) between alphabet switching during comprehension by exploiting the overlap between the two character sets of Serbian. We compared recognition latencies to phonologically ambiguous and phonologically unambiguous versions of the same word (PAE – Phonological Ambiguity Effect) to obtain an index of interference between the two alphabets. Evidence for transient control arose from changing alphabets between trials within a block and the larger PAE when the alphabet of the target changed from the previous trial. Evidence for sustained control arose from presenting a single-alphabet block prior to a mixed alphabet block and the larger PAE when the target alphabet differed from the alphabet of the preceding single-alphabet block. We conclude that within-language alphabet switching exhibits effects of transient and global language control during comprehension. However, switching effects (and their temporal dynamics) were evident only when recognition was challenged by the presence of phonologically ambiguous word forms.

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在一种语言中切换字母时，读者会进行语言控制吗？

我们利用塞尔维亚语两个字符集之间的重叠，研究了在理解过程中字母间转换的（语言内）语言控制。我们比较了同一单词的语音模糊版本和语音不模糊版本的识别潜伏期（PAE - 语音模糊效应），以获得两种字母之间的干扰指数。瞬时控制的证据来自于一个区块内不同试验之间字母的变化，以及当目标词的字母与上一次试验相比发生变化时产生的更大的 PAE。当目标字母与前一个单一字母区块的字母不同时，在混合字母区块之前呈现单一字母区块和更大的 PAE，就会产生持续控制的证据。我们的结论是，在理解过程中，语言内字母转换会表现出瞬时和全局语言控制效应。然而，只有当识别受到语音模糊词形的挑战时，切换效应（及其时间动态）才会显现出来。

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Journal of memory and language 医学-心理学

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8.70

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14.00%

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12.7 weeks

期刊介绍： Articles in the Journal of Memory and Language contribute to the formulation of scientific issues and theories in the areas of memory, language comprehension and production, and cognitive processes. Special emphasis is given to research articles that provide new theoretical insights based on a carefully laid empirical foundation. The journal generally favors articles that provide multiple experiments. In addition, significant theoretical papers without new experimental findings may be published. The Journal of Memory and Language is a valuable tool for cognitive scientists, including psychologists, linguists, and others interested in memory and learning, language, reading, and speech. Research Areas include: • Topics that illuminate aspects of memory or language processing • Linguistics • Neuropsychology.