Spelling-sound knowledge in the context of multilingualism:  Is lexical access selective or nonselective?

Luiza de Melo Carvalho; Mailce Borges Mota; Pietra Cassol Rigatti

doi:10.46230/2674-8266-13-7387

Authors

Luiza de Melo Carvalho Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2571-9762
Mailce Borges Mota Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8674-2480
Pietra Cassol Rigatti Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8964-0009

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46230/2674-8266-13-7387

Keywords:

Writing Systems, Lexical Access, Multilingualism, Phonological Priming

Abstract

The present study investigates shared phonological information and selectivity during lexical access in Brazilian Portuguese-English unbalanced bilinguals, learners of Korean as an L3. Participants took part in a word naming task which used L2 primes with targets from the L3 at stimulus onset asynchronies (SOA) of 140ms and 250ms. The results show a significant facilitation effect in word naming when an English prime was presented in comparison with control primes. Additionally, a significant facilitation effect was also seen in trials in which the primes were presented at a 250ms SOA in relation to a 140ms SOA. Taken together, the results indicate that participants’ spelling-sound knowledge of L2 English was activated during the reading aloud of words in L3 Korean, which indicates nonselectivity in lexical access and a shared mental lexicon across languages.

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Author Biographies

Luiza de Melo Carvalho, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Luiza de Melo Carvalho is an MA candidate in the Graduate Program in English, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Florianópolis – SC.

Mailce Borges Mota, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Mailce Borges Mota (PhD in English, UFSC) is full professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Florianópolis – SC

Pietra Cassol Rigatti, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Pietra Cassol Rigatti has a Master's Degree in Languages from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Currently she is a PhD candidate in Linguistics at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. (UFSC); Florianópolis – SC.

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