Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2021 Sep 8;16(9):e0256554. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256554. eCollection 2021.
Previous language production research with bidialectals has provided evidence for similar language control processes as during bilingual language production. In the current study, we aim to further investigate this claim by examining bidialectals with a voluntary language switching paradigm. Research with bilinguals performing the voluntary language switching paradigm has consistently shown two effects. First, the cost of switching languages, relative to staying in the same language, is similar across the two languages. The second effect is more uniquely connected to voluntary language switching, namely a benefit when performing in mixed language blocks relative to single language blocks, which has been connected to proactive language control. If a similar pattern could be observed with bidialectals in a voluntary language switching paradigm, then this would provide additional evidence in favor of similar control processes underlying bidialectal and bilingual language production.
先前使用双语者进行的语言产生研究为语言产生过程中的类似语言控制过程提供了证据。在本研究中，我们旨在通过使用自愿语言转换范式进一步研究这一说法。使用双语者进行自愿语言转换范式的研究一致表明存在两种效应。首先，与保持在同一语言相比，切换语言的成本在两种语言中是相似的。第二个效应与自愿语言转换更紧密相关，即在混合语言块中表现相对于单一语言块时具有优势，这与主动语言控制有关。如果在自愿语言转换范式中可以观察到双语者中存在类似的模式，那么这将为双语和双语语言产生背后存在类似控制过程提供额外证据。
