Department of Psychology, Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221010, India.
Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.
Cogn Process. 2023 Aug;24(3):441-450. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01142-4. Epub 2023 May 24.
Language is one of the fascinating abilities of the human species. The beauty of language becomes intriguing when we examine language processing among bilinguals. This work attempted to study the effects of language dominance among native Hindi speakers who were either Hindi dominant, English dominant, or balanced bilingual in a language switching task. The task required the participants to read aloud the number-words that were presented singly on the computer screen. The findings support the inhibitory control model's predictions as the results were indicative of asymmetrical switch cost for both the Hindi and English dominant bilinguals. In both the language dominance condition, moving back to the dominant language from a non-dominant language required more time than vice versa. The results also indicated overall reduced reaction time in the reading task performance for balanced bilinguals, further demonstrating the benefits of balanced bilingualism.
语言是人类最迷人的能力之一。当我们研究双语者的语言处理能力时，语言的美妙之处就变得引人入胜。这项工作试图研究母语为印地语的人在语言转换任务中语言优势的影响，这些人要么是印地语优势，要么是英语优势，要么是平衡双语者。任务要求参与者大声朗读计算机屏幕上单独呈现的数字单词。研究结果支持抑制控制模型的预测，因为结果表明印地语和英语优势双语者的不对称转换成本。在这两种语言优势条件下，从非优势语言切换到优势语言比反之所需的时间更多。结果还表明，平衡双语者在阅读任务表现中的整体反应时间更短，进一步证明了平衡双语的好处。
