Essays about: "bilinguals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the word bilinguals.

1. 1. Bilingualism and Event Conceptualisation Patterns: Conceptual Transfer in Swedish-English Bilinguals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Emma Knudsen; [2024]
   Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Conceptual transfer; Grammatical aspect; Endpoint encoding; Event conceptualisation; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this paper, the event conceptualisation patterns of Swedish-English bilinguals are examined. Swedish and English differ from each other with regard to the existence of grammatical aspect, which previous work has shown to affect how speakers conceptualise motion events. READ MORE

3. 2. The Relation between Switching Languages and Perceived Personality Change: A Comparative Study of Bilinguals and Monolinguals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Josephine Ahrendt; Miriam Nicolai; [2023]
   Keywords : bilingualism; language switch; perceived personality change; HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : With increasing bilingualism, it becomes vital to understand the relation of language to personality. Language is essential for expressing our thoughts, and personality impacts our thoughts and behavior. READ MORE

4. 3. Comparison between the SiP-test (Situated Phoneme test) and conventional Swedish SIN (TiB)-test (Speech in Noise Test). : An experimental comparison of two methods for speech perception in people with Arabic as mother tongue.

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

   Author : Elpida Saridou; [2023]
   Keywords : Speech perception; speech recognition test; speech in noise test; speech test; Swedish speech perception test; situated phoneme test; non-native; bilingualism;

   Abstract : Background: The difficulties for people to understand and perceive speech in second languages in the presence of background noise is well documented in the literature. Similar difficulties have been reported in bilinguals. READ MORE

5. 4. Exploring the effect of stimulus list composition on the Cognate Facilitation Effect in bilingual lexical decision : A study of Danish-Swedish bilinguals

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet

   Author : Revekka Christina Anagnostopoulou; [2022]
   Keywords : Cognate facilitation effect; cognates; interlingual homographs; stimulus list composition; BIA ; Age of Acquisition; lexical decision; bilingualism;

   Abstract : Cognate words have a shared orthographic and semantic representation across languages: kniv (‘knife’) in Danish means the same as kniv in Swedish. Their shared form and meaning give cognates a special status in the bilingual mental lexicon and there is robust evidence that because of this special status they are processed faster than non-cognate words. READ MORE

6. 5. Object categorisation in French-Swedish early simultaneous bilinguals. : ARE GENDER EFFECTS MODULATED BY GRAMMAR OR CULTURE?

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Marie Fournier; [2022]
   Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Grammatical gender; French; Swedish; Cultural gender effect;

   Abstract : If most scholars tend to agree that the native language of a speaker does influence the way they will understand the reality around them, the question becomes ambiguous when it comes to bilingual speakers’ cognition. How is their reality affected by the combination of their languages? This study aimed at exploring this question under the angle of grammatical gender. READ MORE