Time Course of Language Selection in Bilingual Language Production

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• Keywords: バイリンガル / 言語産出 / ＥＲＰ

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.

Free Research Field

言語心理学・バイリンガリズム