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Processing of code-switched sentences by bilingual children: Cognitive and linguistic predictors.
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Cognitive development [Cogn Dev] 2019 Oct-Dec; Vol. 52. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Oct 11. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Production studies of language switching have identified costs in the speed and/or accuracy of word production, but it is unclear whether processing costs are experienced by listeners as well. A related question is whether language control during comprehension recruits domain-general cognitive control. The current study examined processing of code-switching in Spanish-English bilingual children (ages 6;0-11;10) using an auditory moving window paradigm. Cognitive control was indexed by the Dimensional Change Card Sort. Children exhibited significant costs in processing speed when listening to code-switched sentences, but no costs in a measure of offline comprehension. The extent to which cognitive control skills moderated processing costs depended on the robustness of the language system: children with higher language skills exhibited a greater moderating effect of cognitive control. Taken together, the findings provide limited support for a role of cognitive control in children's code-switching processing and suggest that the processing costs incurred may be transitory.<br />Competing Interests: Declarations of interest: none
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0885-2014
- Volume :
- 52
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Cognitive development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31885416
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2019.100821