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UC San Diego UC San Diego Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Cross-linguistic studies of lexical access and processing in monolingual English and bilingual Hindī-English speakers Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/86k9s280 Author Iyer, Gowri Krovi Publication Date 2006 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY Cross-linguistic studies of lexical access and processing in monolingual English and bilingual Hindī-English speakers A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Communicative Disorders by Gowri Krovi Iyer Committee in charge: University of California, San Diego Professor Jeffrey Elman, Co-Chair Professor Victor Ferreira Professor Maria Polinsky San Diego State University Professor Beverly Wulfeck, Chair Professor Judy Reilly Texas A & M University Professor Jyotsna Vaid 2006 Copyright Gowri Krovi Iyer, 2006 All rights reserved. The dissertation of Gowri Krovi Iyer is approved, and it is accceptable in quality and form for publication on microfilm: Co-Chair Chair University of California, San Diego San Diego State University 2006 iii Dedicated to the loving memory of my mentor, Professor Elizabeth Bates, who has been an inspiration to me both professionally and personally and a truly incredible person who will be missed dearly by all of her colleagues, students, family and friends. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Signature Page....................................................................................................................iii Dedication………………...................................................................................................iv Table of Contents.................................................................................................................v List of Abbreviations…………………………………………………………………...…x List of Tables and Figures..................................................................................................xi Preface..............................................................................................................................xvi Acknowledgements.......................................................................................................…xix Vita....................................................................................................................................xxi Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………xxii Chapter 1: Lexical Access in Monolinguals..............................................................…....1 1. Models of Lexical Access in Speech Production…………………................1 1.2. Picture Naming………………………………………………........6 1.3. Word Reading ………..…………….……….……………….......11 Chapter 2: Bilingualism…………..…………………………………………………….18 1. Lexical Access in Bilingual Speakers…………………..………….………19 2. Models of Speech Production in Bilingual Speakers ……………………...21 Chapter 3: Cross-linguistic Comparisons of Lexical Access and Literacy in Monolinguals and Bilinguals…………………………………………........35 1. Predictors of Lexical Access in Production Tasks: Evidence from Monolinguals…….......................................................................................35 1.1. Picture Naming……………………………………………….….35 1.1.1. Picture Naming: Developmental Evidence………………38 v 1.2. Word Reading………………………...……………………...….40 1.3. Picture Naming vs. Word Reading: A comparison……………...42 2. Predictors of Lexical Access in Production Tasks: Evidence from Bilinguals……………………………………………………………….....43 2.1. Picture Naming…………………...……………………………...44 2.2. Word Reading………………………...………………………….45 3. Relationship between Naming Tasks and Literacy……………………...…48 4. Languages of Interest…………………………………………………....…50 5. Summary of Predictions………………………………………………..…..56 Chapter 4: Age of Acquisition Ratings in English Monolinguals………...…………….58 1. Background and Rationale….……………….……………………………….58 2. Method…………………………………………….…………………………60 2.1.1. Subjects…………………………………………….……….……60 2.2. Materials…………………………………………….…...………61 2.3. Design and Procedure…………………………………….……..62 3. Results and Discussion……………………………………………...……….62 4. Future Directions………………………………………………………...…..63 Chapter 5: Picture Naming in English Monolingual Adults and Children: An On-line Behavioral Study…………………………………………..………….....64 1. Rationale………………………………………………………………….….64 2. Method…………………………………………………………………….…65 2.1. Subjects………………………………………………………..…65 2.2. Materials………………………………………………………....66 2.3. Design……………………………………………………………67 vi 2.4. Procedure……………………………………………………..….67 2.5. Scoring…………………………………………………….……..68 2.6. Data Reduction……………………………………………….…..70 3. Results and Discussion………………………………………………...…….72 4. Summary and Future Directions……………………..………...………...…..97 Chapter 6: Age of Acquisition and Frequency Ratings in Hindī-English Bilinguals....101 1. Rationale……………………………………………………………………101 2. Method………………………………………………………………..….…102 2.1. Subjects……………………………………………………....…102 2.2. Materials………………………………………………..…..…..103 2.3. Design and Procedure……………………………………….…103 3. Results and Discussion……………………………………………………..104 4. Future Directions……………………………………………………...…....107 Chapter 7: Picture Naming and Word Reading in Hindī-English Bilingual Adults and Children: An Online Behavioral Study…………………………..….....108 1. Rationale…………………………………………………………….……...108 2. Method…………………………………………………………………...…108 2.1. Subjects…………………………………………………….…...108 2.2. Materials………………………………………………….….…110 2.3. Design……………………………………………………….….111 2.4. Procedure…………………………………………………….....112 2.5. Scoring………………………………………………………….114 2.6. Data Reduction…………………………………………….........116 vii 3. Results and Discussion…………………………………………………..…119 4. Summary and Future Directions………………………………...……….…163 Chapter 8: Comparison of Monolinguals and Bilinguals…………………………...…167 1. Comparison of Monolingual and Bilingual Populations..……………….…167 2. Effects of different Proficiency Levels and Languages on Lexical Access Tasks……………………………………………………………………….169 3. Lexical Access and Literacy: Relationship between PN and WR…….……172 4. Cross-language Relationships…………………………………...………….176 4.1. Cross-language Correlations for Dependent Measures…………177 4.2. Cross-language Relationships between Predictors and Naming Behavior………………………………………………...……...179 5. Summary……………………………………………………………………185 Chapter 9: Conclusions and Future Directions…………….………………………......188 Appendix A: List of Stimuli...................................................................................…....205 Appendix B: Screening Measures……………………………………………………...214 1. Control Subject Information……………………………………………..…214 2. Assessment of Handedness…………………………………………………215 3. Language History Questionnaire………………………………………...…216 4. Children’s Phone Screen Questionnaire……………………...…………….219 Appendix C: Language Proficiency Measures………………………………………...221 1. Hindī Passage 1 (for 8-10 year old Bilinguals)………………………...…...221 2. Hindī Passage 2 (for 11-13 year old Bilinguals)…………………………....222 3. Hindī Passage 3 (for college-age Adult Bilinguals)…………………..…....224 viii 4. English Passage 1 (for 8-10 year old Bilinguals)……………………….…..225 5. English Passage 2 (for 11-13 year old Bilinguals)…………………….…....226 6. English Passage 3 (for college-age Adult Bilinguals)……………..……….229 References……………………………………………………………………………...231 ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AoA Age of acquisition PN Picture Naming WR Word Reading HPN Hindī picture naming HWR Hindī word reading EPN English picture naming EWR English word reading RT reaction times L1 first language or dominant language L2 second language or non-dominant language x LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 3.1. Comparison of Hindī and English………………………………………..55 Table 3.2. Main issues and predictions……………………………………………...57 Table 5.1. Correlational analyses between the dependent measures and item position to determine fatigue effects……………………………..…………..……74 Table 5.2 (a). Summary statistics of valid RTs (RTs with codable response) and nameability for the four age groups (over items)………………………...75 Table 5.2 (b). Summary statistics of target RTs (RTs with target response) and name agreement for the four age groups (over items)……………….……...…76 Table 5.3 (a). Distribution of valid RT and nameability for the different response types for the four groups…………………………………………………...….77 Table 5.3 (b). Distribution of invalid responses across the 4 age groups……………….77 Table 5.4 (a). Correlations among the dependent variables for the 5-7 year olds………80 Table 5.4 (b). Correlations among the dependent variables for the 8-10 year olds……..80 Table 5.4 (c). Correlations among the dependent variables for the 11-13 year olds…....80 Table 5.4 (d). Correlations among the dependent variables for the Adults…………..…81 Table 5.5 (a). Pairwise Correlations of Mean Total RTs with nameability across the 4 age groups…………………………………………………………….….82 Table 5.5 (b). Pairwise Correlations of Mean target RTs with name agreement across the 4 age groups……………………………………………………….…......82 Table 5.6 (a). Charactersitics of the Dominant Responses for 235 Items………………84 Table 5.6 (b). Correlations among the 8 predictor variables……………………………85 Table 5.7. Correlations among the predictor variables and the dependent measures (target RT and name agreement)………………...………………………86 Table 5.8. Unique variance contributed on the last step of Step-wise regression analysis for the dependent measures (target RT and name agreement)……………………………………………………………….88 xi Table 5.9 (a). Factor Analyses: