Bilingualism research employs verbal fluency to understand how memory retrieval works (Zemla et al., 2020). Here we investigated L2 English semantic verbal fluency performance. Twenty-three Spanish-English bilinguals completed 4 verbal fluency trials: tools, clothing, animals, and musical instruments. Analysis examines verbal fluency performance, specific category performance, and cognate use. This may give insight into participants’ reliance on cognates and ability to use them in verbal fluency. Predictors investigated include picture naming, lexical decision, English age of acquisition, and verbal memory.ReferencesZemla, J.C., Cao, K., Mueller, K.D., & Austerweil, J.L. (2020). SNAFU: The semantic network and fluency utility. Behavior Research Methods, 52, 1681-1699.
Predictors of English verbal fluency in Mexican Spanish-English bilinguals
Raegan Holzhuter, Tyshia Meyers, Caitlin Connor and Courtney Gallagher
Major:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Exhibition Category:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Exhibition Format:
Poster Presentation
Campus:
University Park
Faculty Sponsor:
Carol Miller
Poster Number:
51818