The Effects of Phonotactic Constraints on Lexical Processing in Bilingual and Monolingual Subjects

A study of linguistic judgment tasks and lexical decision tasks among English-German bilinguals supports the hypotheses that bilinguals have knowledge of two sets of phonotactic constraints, and that both sets of constraints are simultaneously available to the individual during language processing....

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Published inJournal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior Vol. 22; no. 2; p. 174
Main Authors Altenberg, Evelyn P, Cairns, Helen Smith
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.1983
Subjects
Bilingualism
Code Switching (Language)
English
German
Language Processing
Linguistic Performance
Linguistic Theory
Monolingualism
Second Language Learning
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Summary:A study of linguistic judgment tasks and lexical decision tasks among English-German bilinguals supports the hypotheses that bilinguals have knowledge of two sets of phonotactic constraints, and that both sets of constraints are simultaneously available to the individual during language processing. (MSE)