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Concept Selection and Developmental Effects in Bilingual Speech Production
Author(s) -
Schwieter John,
Sunderman Gretchen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00529.x
Subject(s) - psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , stroop effect , linguistics , speech production , task (project management) , neuroscience of multilingualism , language production , task analysis , language acquisition , language proficiency , phonology , cognitive psychology , cognition , artificial intelligence , computer science , mathematics education , philosophy , neuroscience , economics , management
The present study investigates the locus of language selection in less and more proficient language learners, specifically testing differential predictions of La Heij's (2005) concept selection model (CSM) and Kroll and Stewart's (1994) revised hierarchical model (RHM). Less and more proficient English dominant learners of Spanish participated in a Stroop translation task that included semantically related and unrelated word or picture distracters. The results for the more proficient learners provide support for the CSM as well as the RHM. The results for the less proficient learners provide support for the RHM and demonstrate the continued reliance on lexical level links and the difficulty in accessing the conceptual store during second language production. The selection by proficiency model of bilingual speech production is discussed.