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The linguistic transparency of first language calendar terms affects calendar calculations in a second language

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Bassetti, Bene, Clarke, Annie and Trenkic, Danijela (2018) The linguistic transparency of first language calendar terms affects calendar calculations in a second language. Acta psychologica, 186 . pp. 81-89. ISSN 0001-6918.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.04.006

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Abstract

Calendar calculations – e.g., calculating the nth month after a certain month - are an important component of temporal cognition, and can vary cross-linguistically. English speakers rely on a verbal list representation-processing system. Chinese speakers -- whose calendar terms are numerically transparent -- rely on a more efficient numerical system. Does knowing a numerically transparent calendar lexicon facilitate calendar calculations in an opaque second language? Late Chinese-English bilinguals and English native speakers performed a Month and a Weekday Calculation Task in English. Directionality (forward/backward) and boundary-crossing (within/across the year/week boundary) were manipulated. English speakers relied on verbal list processing, and were slower in backward than forward calculations. In spite of the English calendar system’s opaqueness, bilinguals relied on numerical processing, were slower in across- than within-boundary trials, and under some conditions had faster RTs than the native speakers. Results have implications for research on temporal cognition, linguistic relativity and bilingual cognition.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Cognition -- Psychological aspects, Second language acquisition, Calendar --- Mathematics, Multilingualism -- Psychological aspects, Bilingualism -- Psychological aspects, Language and culture
Journal or Publication Title: Acta psychologica
Publisher: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 0001-6918
Official Date: May 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
May 2018Published
2 May 2018Available
15 April 2018Accepted
Volume: 186
Page Range: pp. 81-89
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 16 April 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 27 June 2018

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