Language Dominance Modulates Cross-language Lexical Interaction in Late Immersed Bilinguals
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Languages differ in the way they package elements of the world into words, which poses a challenge for bilinguals. We examined word use patterns for common household objects for late-immersed Chinese-English bilinguals to investigate how the bilingual lexical network develops when the first language is fully mature at the time of second-language immersion. We found changes to both firstand secondlanguage word use with increased English dominance, indicating continued plasticity and mutual influence.
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