Qualitatively similar automatic semantic priming in native and non-native speakers
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2011/04/0002/000171Keywords:
priming, second language, coefficient of variance, automaticityAbstract
Qualitative and quantitative differences in semantic priming for native and non-native speaker groups were explored using a primed lexical decision task. In addition to response time data, the coefficient of variance (CV) for response times was used to investigate quantitative differences in lexical processing between the groups. Segalowitz and Segalowitz (1993) argued that differences in CV indicate processing differences. For example, lexical access via automatic routes results in lower CVs, whereas lexical access via attentional routes results in higher CVs. The current study replicates findings for automatic semantic priming in non-native speakers and contributes behavioral data to the argument that priming in a non-native speaker group can be qualitatively similar to that in native speakers.
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