Aug 2026· Bilingualism: Language and Cognition· pp. 1-16· 0 citations· 42 references
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Monolinguals have detailed knowledge of the phonotactic properties of their native language and apply such knowledge during speech processing. However, less is known about bilinguals’ phonotactic knowledge and processing, notably in simultaneous bilinguals. Here, we investigated in two web-based experiments whether simultaneous French/German bilinguals show knowledge of their two languages’ phonotactics (Experiment 1: well-formedness judgment task) and whether they apply such knowledge during speech processing (Experiment 2: lexical decision task). We compared the bilinguals to two groups of monolingually-raised French- and German-speaking adults. Analyses revealed that the bilinguals’ phonotactic knowledge of their two languages is similar to that of the monolinguals, while they differ from the monolinguals in processing, showing reduced phonotactic sensitivity, possibly because of the co-activation of both languages’ systems. These findings contribute to our understanding of how phonotactic properties are represented and used in simultaneous bilinguals’ speech processing.
Adult and young bilinguals co-activate their languages to different degrees, even in entirely monolingual tasks. However, many studies use translation pairs with high phonological overlap (e.g., the English-GERMAN: "milk"-"MILCH"), making it difficult to discern the origin of the co-activation. This study examined lang...
Daniela S. Avila-Varela, Nuria Sebastian-Galles· Developmental Science· 0 citations
Research on the cognate facilitation effect (CFE) in sequential bilinguals and trilinguals' lexical processing has offered important insights into the structure of the multilingual mental lexicon. A key cross‐linguistic factor that has received particular attention is second language (L2) proficiency, yet its role in...
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Nikitas Theodoropoulos, Maria Lymperaiou, Giorgos Filandrianos· 0 citations
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Antje Endesfelder Quick, Stefan Hartmann, Nikolas Koch· International Journal of Bil...· 0 citations
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