TY  - JOUR
A1  - Clahsen, Harald
A1  - Jessen, Anna
T1  - Variability and its limits in bilingual word recognition
T2  - The mental lexicon
N2  - This study examines the processing of morphologically complex words focusing on how morphological (in addition to orthographic and semantic) factors affect bilingual word recognition. We report findings from a large experimental study with groups of bilingual (Turkish/German) speakers using the visual masked-priming technique. We found morphologically mediated effects on the response speed and the inter-individual variability within the bilingual participant group. We conclude that the grammar (qua morphological parsing) not only enhances speed of processing in bilingual language processing but also yields more uniform performance and thereby constrains variability within a group of otherwise heterogeneous individuals.
KW  - German
KW  - inflection
KW  - morphology
KW  - L2 processing
KW  - masked priming
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/56074
SN  - 1871-1340
SN  - 1871-1375
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
SP  - 295
EP  - 329
PB  - John Benjamins Publishing Co.
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -