Electrophysiological evidence for phonological priming in Spanish Sign Language lexical access

AbstractThis study used ERPs to a) assess the neural correlates of cross-linguistic, cross-modal translation priming in hearing beginning learners of American Sign Language (ASL) and deaf highly proficient signers and b) examine whether sign iconicity modulates these priming effects. Hearing learners exhibited translation priming for ASL signs preceded by English words (greater negativity for unrelated than translation primes) later in the ERP waveform than deaf signers and exhibited earlier and greater priming for iconic than non-iconic signs. Iconicity did not modulate translation priming effects either behaviorally or in the ERPs for deaf signers (except in a 800–1000 ms time window). Because deaf signers showed early translation priming effects (beginning at 400ms-600ms), we suggest that iconicity did not facilitate lexical access, but deaf signers may have recognized sign iconicity later in processing. Overall, the results indicate that iconicity speeds lexical access for L2 sign language learners, but not for proficient signers.

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Operationalization of Sign Language Phonological Similarity and its Effects on Lexical Access

The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education ◽

10.1093/deafed/enx014 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 303-315 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Joshua T. Williams ◽

Adam Stone ◽

Sharlene D. Newman

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

Lexical Access ◽

Phonological Similarity

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Phonological priming in German Sign Language: An eye tracking study using the Visual World Paradigm

10.31234/osf.io/x5pts ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Anne Wienholz ◽

Derya Nuhbalaoglu ◽

Markus Steinbach ◽

Annika Herrmann ◽

Nivedita Mani

Keyword(s):

Eye Tracking ◽

Sign Language ◽

Language Processing ◽

Priming Effect ◽

Phonological Priming ◽

Target Sign ◽

Sign Recognition ◽

Sentence Level ◽

German Sign Language ◽

Prime Target

Various studies provide evidence for a phonological priming effect in the recognition of single signs based on phonological parameters, i.e., handshape, location and movement. In addition, some of these studies show that phonological parameters influence this effect differently. The current eye tracking study on German Sign Language examined the presence of a phonological priming effect at the sentence level depending on the phonological relation of prime-target sign pairs. We recorded participants’ eye movements while presenting a video of sentences containing either related or unrelated prime-target sign pairs, and a picture of the target and the distractor. The data provided evidence for a phonological priming effect for sign pairs sharing handshape and movement while differing in location. Moreover, a difference between parameters in their contribution to sign recognition was suggested such that recognition was facilitated for signs sharing handshape, but was inhibited for signs sharing location. Showing that sub-lexical features influence sign language processing.

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Manual and Spoken Cues in French Sign Language’s Lexical Access: Evidence From Mouthing in a Sign-Picture Priming Paradigm

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.655168 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Caroline Bogliotti ◽

Frederic Isel

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

Lexical Access ◽

Reaction Times ◽

Error Rates ◽

Spoken Word ◽

Experimental Conditions ◽

Sign Languages ◽

Lexical Information ◽

Priming Paradigm ◽

Deaf Adults

Although Sign Languages are gestural languages, the fact remains that some linguistic information can also be conveyed by spoken components as mouthing. Mouthing usually tend to reproduce the more relevant phonetic part of the equivalent spoken word matching with the manual sign. Therefore, one crucial issue in sign language is to understand whether mouthing is part of the signs themselves or not, and to which extent it contributes to the construction of signs meaning. Another question is to know whether mouthing patterns constitute a phonological or a semantic cue in the lexical sign entry. This study aimed to investigate the role of mouthing on the processing of lexical signs in French Sign Language (LSF), according the type of bilingualism (intramodal vs. bimodal). For this purpose, a behavioral sign-picture lexical decision experiment was designed. Intramodal signers (native deaf adults) and Bimodal signers (fluent hearing adults) have to decide as fast as possible whether a picture matched with the sign seen just before. Five experimental conditions in which the pair sign-mouthing were congruent or incongruent were created. Our results showed a strong interference effect when the sign-mouthing matching was incongruent, reflected by higher error rates and lengthened reaction times compared with the congruent condition. This finding suggests that both groups of signers use the available lexical information contained in mouthing during accessing the sign meaning. In addition, deaf intramodal signers were strongly interfered than hearing bimodal signers. Taken together, our data indicate that mouthing is a determining factor in LSF lexical access, specifically in deaf signers.

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Electrophysiological evidence of lexical access disruptions

Brain and Language ◽

10.1016/j.bandl.2007.07.085 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 103 (1-2) ◽

pp. 140-141

Author(s):

Yael Neumann ◽

Loraine K. Obler ◽

Valerie Shafer ◽

Hilary Gomes

Keyword(s):

Lexical Access ◽

Electrophysiological Evidence

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Lexical access in L2

The Mental Lexicon ◽

10.1075/ml.10.2.04coo ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 247-270 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Svetlana V. Cook ◽

Kira Gor

Keyword(s):

Lexical Access ◽

Interstimulus Interval ◽

Priming Effect ◽

Decision Task ◽

Phonological Priming ◽

Lexical Competition ◽

Advanced Learners ◽

Lexical Representations ◽

L2 Learners ◽

Whole Word

Previous research on phonological priming in a Lexical Decision Task (LDT) has demonstrated that second language (L2) learners do not show inhibition typical for native (L1) speakers that results from lexical competition, but rather a reversed effect – facilitation (Gor, Cook, & Jackson, 2010). The present study investigates the source of the reversed priming effect and addresses two possible causes: a deficit in lexical representations and a processing constraint. Twenty-three advanced learners of Russian participated in two experiments. The monolingual Russian LDT task with priming addressed the processing constraint by manipulating the interstimulus interval (ISI, 350 ms and 500 ms). The translation task evaluated the robustness of lexical representations at both the phonolexical level (whole-word phonological representation) and the level of form-to-meaning mapping, thereby addressing the lexical deficit. L2 learners did not benefit from an increased ISI, indicating lack of support for the processing constraint. However, the study, found evidence for the representational deficit: when L2 familiarity with the words is controlled and L2 representations are robust, L2 learners demonstrate native-like processing accompanied by inhibition; however, when the words have fragmented (or fuzzy) representations, L2 lexical access is unfaithful and is accompanied by reduced lexical competition leading to facilitation effects.

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Time course analyses of orthographic and phonological priming effects during word recognition in a transparent orthography

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology ◽

10.1080/17470218.2013.879192 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 67 (10) ◽

pp. 1925-1943 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

M. H. T. Zeguers ◽

P. Snellings ◽

H. M. Huizenga ◽

M. W. van der Molen

Keyword(s):

Word Recognition ◽

Visual Word Recognition ◽

Lexical Access ◽

Time Course ◽

Masked Priming ◽

Phonological Priming ◽

Priming Effects ◽

Transparent Orthography ◽

Time Courses ◽

Orthographic Priming

In opaque orthographies, the activation of orthographic and phonological codes follows distinct time courses during visual word recognition. However, it is unclear how orthography and phonology are accessed in more transparent orthographies. Therefore, we conducted time course analyses of masked priming effects in the transparent Dutch orthography. The first study used targets with small phonological differences between phonological and orthographic primes, which are typical in transparent orthographies. Results showed consistent orthographic priming effects, yet phonological priming effects were absent. The second study explicitly manipulated the strength of the phonological difference and revealed that both orthographic and phonological priming effects became identifiable when phonological differences were strong enough. This suggests that, similar to opaque orthographies, strong phonological differences are a prerequisite to separate orthographic and phonological priming effects in transparent orthographies. Orthographic and phonological priming appeared to follow distinct time courses, with orthographic codes being quickly translated into phonological codes and phonology dominating the remainder of the lexical access phase.

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Dissociating linguistic and non-linguistic gesture processing: Electrophysiological evidence from American Sign Language

Brain and Language ◽

10.1016/j.bandl.2012.01.005 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 121 (1) ◽

pp. 12-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Michael Grosvald ◽

Eva Gutierrez ◽

Sarah Hafer ◽

David Corina

Keyword(s):

American Sign Language ◽

Sign Language ◽

American Sign ◽

Electrophysiological Evidence

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O DESEMPENHO DE MULTILÍNGUES EM TAREFAS DE CONTROLE INIBITÓRIO E DE PRIMING GRAFO-FÔNICO-FONOLÓGICO

Organon ◽

10.22456/2238-8915.28834 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (51) ◽

Author(s):

Cintia Avila Blank ◽

Marta Tessman Bandeira

Keyword(s):

Systems Theory ◽

Inhibitory Control ◽

Lexical Access ◽

Stroop Test ◽

The Other ◽

Phonological Priming

This paper presents the results of two studies carried out amongmultilingual participants: one of them dealing with inhibitory control ina task called Stroop Test, and the other one involving lexical access withrelated grapho-phonic-phonological priming. The first test was adminis-tered to 40 participants, 20 monolingual children speakers of BrazilianPortuguese (BP), and 20 multilingual children who speak Pomeranian orGerman (L1), BP (L2), and English (L3). The second task was performedby three multilingual adults who speak Portuguese (L1), French (L2) andEnglish (L3). The results of these two studies are discussed in light of theDynamic Systems theory.

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