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Language-switch costs and dual-response costs in bimodal bilingual language production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2015

EMILY KAUFMANN  and
ANDREA M. PHILIPP
EMILY KAUFMANN*
Affiliation:
Pedagogy and Rehabilitation of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, University of Cologne
ANDREA M. PHILIPP
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, RWTH Aachen University
*
Address for correspondence: Emily Kaufmann, Pedagogy and Rehabilitation of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, University of Cologne, Klosterstrasse 79b, 50931 Koeln, Germanykaufmann.emily@gmail.com
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Abstract

In communication, different forms of language combinations are possible for bimodal bilinguals, who use a spoken and a signed language. They can either switch from one language to another (language switching) or produce a word and a sign simultaneously (language blending). The present study examines language control mechanisms in language switching and simultaneous bimodal language production, comparing single-response (German or German Sign Language) and dual-response trials (Blend of the German word and the German Sign Language sign). There were three pure blocks, one for each Target-response (German, German Sign Language, Blend), as well as mixed blocks, in which participants switched between all three Target-responses. We observed language mixing costs, switch costs and dual-response costs. Further, the data pattern showed a specific dual-response advantage for switching into a Blend (i.e., a dual-response trial), indicating the specific nature of a blended response in bimodal bilingual language production.

Keywords

bilingualismsign languagelanguage modalitylanguage switchingdual-response
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Research Article
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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 20 , Special Issue 2: Cross-linguistic Priming in Bilinguals: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Language Processing, Acquisition and Change , March 2017 , pp. 418 - 434
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