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Advantages and Costs of being a Bilingual Speaker| old_uid | 6681 |
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| title | Advantages and Costs of being a Bilingual Speaker |
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| start_date | 2009/04/06 |
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| schedule | 11h-12h30 |
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| online | no |
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| summary | In this talk I will review recent findings regarding: a) the processing disadvantage of bilingual speakers in speech production (even in their dominant language) in comparison to monolinguals, and b) the processing advantage of bilingual speakers in attentional tasks involving executive control. I will argue that both effects may stem from different demands (or properties) imposed by bilingualism. In particular, I will argue that (a) reveals the lower frequency with which bilinguals used their dominant in language in comparison to monolinguals. In contrast, (b) results from the need of bilinguals to control their two languages in the course of lexicalization in order to prevent lexical intrusions. The further discussion will aim at exploring the specific attentional components that may be involved in the bilingual advantage on executive control. |
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| responsibles | Bressé, Cohen, Kergoat |
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