Time Course of Language Selection in Bilingual Language Production

• Project/Area Number: 24730624
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: HOSHINO Noriko 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (70609841)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: バイリンガル / 言語産出 / ＥＲＰ / ERP / 国際研究者交流 / イギリス / アメリカ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examined the time course of language selection in bilingual language production by using event-related brain potentials. The results showed that when same-script and different-script bilinguals named pictures in their second language English, they also activated their first language. However, it appeared that different-script bilinguals selected the language of production earlier than same-script bilinguals.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Two languages in mind: Bilingualism as a tool to investigate language, cognition, and the brain. (2014)
  • Author(s): Kroll, J. F., Bobb, S. C., & Hoshino, N.
  • Journal Title: Current Directions in Psychological Sciences Volume: 23 Issue: 3 Pages: 159-163
  • DOI: 10.1177/0963721414528511
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Speaking two languages at once: Unconscious native word form access in second language production. (2014)
  • Author(s): Spalek, K., Hoshino, N., Wu, Y. J., Damian, M., & Thierry, G.
  • Journal Title: Cognition Volume: 133 Issue: 1 Pages: 226-231
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.06.016
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Two languages in mind: Bilingualism as a tool to investigate language, cognition, and the brain. (2014)
  • Author(s): Kroll, J. F., Bobb, S. C., & Hoshino, N.
  • Journal Title: Current Directions in Psychological Science Volume: in press
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] バイリンガルの言語産出過程における言語選択のタイミングについて (2015)
  • Author(s): 星野徳子
  • Organizer: かがみやま言語科学コロキアム
  • Place of Presentation: 広島大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-02-19
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Time course of language selection in bilingual language production (2014)
  • Author(s): Hoshino, N.
  • Organizer: Distinguished Language Science Colloquium
  • Place of Presentation: The Pennsylvania State University
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-19
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Competition or weak link? Insights from an ERP study with early bilinguals (2013)
  • Author(s): Hoshino, N., Llwyd, D., & Thierry, G.
  • Organizer: The International Workshop on Bilingualism and Cognitive Control
  • Place of Presentation: Krakow, Poland
• [Presentation] Competition or Weak Link? Insights from an ERP Study with Early Bilinguals (2013)
  • Author(s): Hoshino, N., Llwyd, D., & Thierry, G.
  • Organizer: The International Workshop on Bilingualism and Cognitive Control
  • Place of Presentation: Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
• [Presentation] An ERP investigation of semantic priming in different script bilinguals (2012)
  • Author(s): Hoshino, N., Martin, C., & Thierry, G.
  • Organizer: The 14th annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学
• [Presentation] When do same and different script bilinguals choose the language to be spoken?
  • Author(s): Hoshino, N.
  • Organizer: Colloquium at the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, CA, USA
  • Invited
• [Book] Language selection during speech production in bilingual speakers: Psycholinguistic and neuroscientific insights. In E. M. Thomas & I. Mennen (Eds.), Approaches to the study of bilingualism. (2014)
  • Author(s): Hoshino, N., & Thierry, G.
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• [Book] Language selection during speech production in bilingual speakers: Psycholinguistic and neuroscientific insights. In E. M. Thomas & I. Mennen (Eds.), Unravelling bilingualism: A cross-disciplinary perspective. (2013)
  • Author(s): Hoshino, N., & Thierry, G.
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• [Book] Psycholinguistic perspectives on second language speech production. In M. Sanz & J. M. Igoa (Eds.), Applying language science to language pedagogy. Contributions of linguistics and pyscholinguistics to language teaching (2012)
  • Author(s): Hoshino, N., Kroll, J. F., & Dussias, P. E.
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing