Language and culture modulate online semantic processing

被引：22

作者：

Ellis, Ceri ^{[1
]}

Kuipers, Jan R. ^{[2
]}

Thierry, Guillaume ^{[1
]}

Lovett, Victoria ^{[3
]}

Turnbull, Oliver ^{[1
]}

Jones, Manon W. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Bangor Univ, Bangor LL58 2AS, Gwynedd, Wales

[2] Univ Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland

[3] Swansea Univ, Swansea SA2 8PP, W Glam, Wales

来源：

SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE | 2015年 / 10卷 / 10期

关键词：

linguistic relativity; bilingualism; culture; semantics; BRAIN POTENTIALS; SYNTAX; COMPREHENSION; TRANSLATION; SPEAKERS; OBJECTS; MEMORY;

D O I：

10.1093/scan/nsv028

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

Language has been shown to influence non-linguistic cognitive operations such as colour perception, object categorization and motion event perception. Here, we show that language also modulates higher level processing, such as semantic knowledge. Using event-related brain potentials, we show that highly fluent Welsh-English bilinguals require significantly less processing effort when reading sentences in Welsh which contain factually correct information about Wales, than when reading sentences containing the same information presented in English. Crucially, culturally irrelevant information was processed similarly in both Welsh and English. Our findings show that even in highly proficient bilinguals, language interacts with factors associated with personal identity, such as culture, to modulate online semantic processing.

引用

页码：1392 / 1396

页数：5

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