ERIC Number: EJ1421920
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jun
Pages: 32
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ISSN: ISSN-0023-8333
EISSN: EISSN-1467-9922
Bilectal Exposure Modulates Neural Signatures to Conflicting Grammatical Properties: Norway as a Natural Laboratory
Maki Kubota; Jorge González Alonso; Merete Anderssen; Isabel Nadine Jensen; Alicia Luque; Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares; Yanina Prystauka; Øystein A. Vangsnes; Jade Jørgen Sandstedt; Jason Rothman
Language Learning, v74 n2 p436-467 2024
The current study investigated gender (control) and number (target) agreement processing in Northern and non-Northern Norwegians living in Northern Norway. Participants varied in exposure to Northern Norwegian (NN) dialect(s), where number marking differs from most other Norwegian dialects. In a comprehension task involving reading NN dialect writing, P600 effects for number agreement were significantly affected by NN exposure. The more exposure the NN nonnatives had, the larger the P600 was, driven by the "presence" of number agreement (ungrammatical in NN). In contrast, less exposure correlated to the inverse: P600 driven by the "absence" of number agreement (ungrammatical in most other dialects). The NN natives showed P600 driven by the "presence" of number agreement regardless of exposure. These findings suggests that bilectalism entails the representation of distinct mental grammars for each dialect. However, like all instances of bilingualism, bilectalism exists on a continuum whereby linguistic processing is modulated by linguistic experience.
Descriptors: Norwegian, Dialects, Grammar, Language Processing, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Diagnostic Tests, Nonstandard Dialects, Reading Comprehension, Task Analysis, Learning Experience, Psycholinguistics, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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Data File: URL: https://github.com/MakiKubota/Nordnorsk.git