Oral Presentations
Cursive and Printed Cognates with Russian Bilinguals
Presentation Type
Presentation
Faculty Mentor’s Full Name
Danielle Fahey
Faculty Mentor’s Department
SLHOS
Abstract / Artist's Statement
There is a large population of bilinguals in the world with different alphabets and partially overlapping scripts with no research done on how it is processed. There is especially little research on how Russian-English bilinguals process the character change between the Cyrillic alphabet and the Roman alphabet. The goal of this study is to see the difference in response time between printed and cursive lettering when presented with cognates (words that look and sound the same in both languages) and non-cognates between English and Russian. The target population is people who are partially or mostly fluent in both English and Russian. This will be done using the program “E-Prime.” E-prime is an experiment sandbox. The participant will be first be shown a priming slide with an “x,” to center their eyes on where the word will be flashed. Then, a word in Russian will be shown for five seconds. The participant will then be asked if a meaning in English is correct. For example, a participant may be quickly shown the word “карта” (map) and asked on the next slide if the word means “dog,” to which the participant will click true or false to answer the question. The participant will be measured based on how quickly they click on their answer, and the accuracy of their answer. There will be two separate experiments that participants will engage in, one being the print experiment and one being the cursive experiment.
Category
Humanities
Cursive and Printed Cognates with Russian Bilinguals
UC 327
There is a large population of bilinguals in the world with different alphabets and partially overlapping scripts with no research done on how it is processed. There is especially little research on how Russian-English bilinguals process the character change between the Cyrillic alphabet and the Roman alphabet. The goal of this study is to see the difference in response time between printed and cursive lettering when presented with cognates (words that look and sound the same in both languages) and non-cognates between English and Russian. The target population is people who are partially or mostly fluent in both English and Russian. This will be done using the program “E-Prime.” E-prime is an experiment sandbox. The participant will be first be shown a priming slide with an “x,” to center their eyes on where the word will be flashed. Then, a word in Russian will be shown for five seconds. The participant will then be asked if a meaning in English is correct. For example, a participant may be quickly shown the word “карта” (map) and asked on the next slide if the word means “dog,” to which the participant will click true or false to answer the question. The participant will be measured based on how quickly they click on their answer, and the accuracy of their answer. There will be two separate experiments that participants will engage in, one being the print experiment and one being the cursive experiment.