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Conflict adaptation during multilingual language production as evidenced by the n-3 effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2020

Mathieu Declerck ,
Stefanie Schuch  and
Andrea M. Philipp
Mathieu Declerck*
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Stefanie Schuch
Affiliation:
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Andrea M. Philipp
Affiliation:
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
*
Address for correspondence: Mathieu Declerck, E-mail: declerckmat@gmail.com
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Abstract

Several multilingual language production models assume that language control is instigated by conflict monitoring. In turn, conflict adaptation, a control process which makes it easier to resolve interference if previously a high-interference context was detected, should also occur during multilingual production, as it is triggered by conflict monitoring. Because no evidence has been provided for conflict adaptation in the multilingual production literature, we set out to investigate this process using the n-3 effect. Our study showed that the n-3 effect can be observed during multilingual production, and thus provides evidence for conflict adaptation during multilingual production.

Keywords

multilingual language productionconflict adaptationN-3 effect
Type
Research Notes
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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , January 2021 , pp. 211 - 214
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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