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Linguistic transfer and the use of context by Spanish-English bilinguals

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT In this study, Spanish-English bilinguals and English monolinguals used brief English contexts to choose among possible meanings for unfamiliar words. Two types of errors were compared: transfer errors, which were answers consistent with Spanish, but not English, syntax, and nontransfer errors, which were inconsistent with the syntax of both languages. Nontransfer errors were found to be negatively correlated with reading proficiency in both Spanish and English. Transfer errors, on the other hand, were positively correlated with reading proficiency in Spanish and were unrelated to reading proficiency in English.

Source: Applied Psycholinguistics

DOI: 10.1017/s0142716400010924

Authors: William E. Nagy, Erica F. Mcclure, Montserrat Mir

Institutions: Seattle Pacific University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Topic: Second Language Acquisition and Learning

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2107052587

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Cites: 43

Cited by: 63

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