Recall and articulation of English and Chinese words by Chinese-English bilinguals.
Three groups of subjects were tested to investigate the effect of language on the relationship between recall span and articulation rate. Native English-speaking monolinguals and native Chinese-speaking monolinguals recalled only English or Chinese words, respectively. Chinese-English bilinguals recalled both English and Chinese words. Articulation rates for English and Chinese monolinguals and Chinese-English bilinguals in each language were also obtained. When recall span was regressed on articulation rate, the slopes for Chinese and English words were significantly different for the Chinese-English bilinguals. This difference was not due to language proficiency but to phonological differences between English and Chinese.
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Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045.
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D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010700:Phonetics