Graduation Year
2024
Graduation Month
May
Document Type
Professional Paper
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
School or Department
Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Major
Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Faculty Mentor Department
Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Danielle Fahey
Keywords
cognate, bilingual, phonology, syntax, lemma, lexemic, Spanish
Subject Categories
Phonetics and Phonology | Speech and Hearing Science | Syntax
Abstract
This paper investigates individuals who are proficient in two languages (bilinguals) and the speeds at which bilinguals process cognates (words with comparable form and meaning across languages). This paper cites two ongoing experiments: The Language Identification (LID) task and the Self-Paced Listening (SPL) task. Findings from the LID suggest that phonological overlap in cognates facilitates bilingual language processing speeds, when cognates are presented in isolation. Findings from the SPL suggest that syntactic overlap in cognates also facilitates bilingual language processing speeds, when cognates are presented in sentences. These findings are significant in that the tasks present cognates to participants in audible contexts, as well as in sentence contexts, both of which are underrepresented experimental designs in cognate research.
Honors College Research Project
Yes
GLI Capstone Project
no
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Ella Marie, "How Phonological and Syntactic Overlap Impact Cognate Processing Speeds in Bilinguals" (2024). Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts. 466.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/utpp/466
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