Chapter 10. Minority language bilingualism and its role in L3 lexical acquisition
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María Turrero-García
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the interplay between working memory, lexical capacity, and (self-rated) proficiency in three groups of speakers: monolingual (Spanish), bilingual (Spanish and English), and trilingual (Spanish, English, and Asturian). There is ample debate on the cognitive and lexical (dis)advantages that bilingualism can grant, and on its impact on third language learning. In this chapter, we argue for a cognitive advantage of any type of bilingualism in accuracy in a Luck and Vogel task, and an advantage of simultaneous bilingualism in reaction times. Additionally, we find no evidence for a disadvantage in lexical retrieval for simultaneous bilinguals.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the interplay between working memory, lexical capacity, and (self-rated) proficiency in three groups of speakers: monolingual (Spanish), bilingual (Spanish and English), and trilingual (Spanish, English, and Asturian). There is ample debate on the cognitive and lexical (dis)advantages that bilingualism can grant, and on its impact on third language learning. In this chapter, we argue for a cognitive advantage of any type of bilingualism in accuracy in a Luck and Vogel task, and an advantage of simultaneous bilingualism in reaction times. Additionally, we find no evidence for a disadvantage in lexical retrieval for simultaneous bilinguals.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- List of reviewers ix
- Chapter 1. Northern soul 1
- Chapter 2. Asturian and Asturian Spanish at the syntax-phonology interface 15
- Chapter 3. Semantic anchoring 45
- Chapter 4. Are Asturian clitics distinctly distinct? 73
- Chapter 5. ¿Qué che femos con el che? 93
- Chapter 6. Pluractional perfects in Eonavian Spanish 109
- Chapter 7. Middle formation and inalienability in Asturian 131
- Chapter 8. Negation in Asturian 151
- Chapter 9. Intonational form and speaker belief in Mieres Asturian polar questions 173
- Chapter 10. Minority language bilingualism and its role in L3 lexical acquisition 195
- Index 217
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- List of reviewers ix
- Chapter 1. Northern soul 1
- Chapter 2. Asturian and Asturian Spanish at the syntax-phonology interface 15
- Chapter 3. Semantic anchoring 45
- Chapter 4. Are Asturian clitics distinctly distinct? 73
- Chapter 5. ¿Qué che femos con el che? 93
- Chapter 6. Pluractional perfects in Eonavian Spanish 109
- Chapter 7. Middle formation and inalienability in Asturian 131
- Chapter 8. Negation in Asturian 151
- Chapter 9. Intonational form and speaker belief in Mieres Asturian polar questions 173
- Chapter 10. Minority language bilingualism and its role in L3 lexical acquisition 195
- Index 217
