Cross-linguistic priming effects during the comprehension of the passive voice: two primes are enough

Natália Pinheiro; Mailce Borges Mota

doi:10.5007/2175-8026.2023.e94718

Autores

Natália Pinheiro UFSC
Mailce Borges Mota UFSC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2023.e94718

Palavras-chave:

portugês brasileiro, priming estrutural, processamento de linguagem bilingue, compreensão, ativação residual

Resumo

O presente estudo investigou efeitos de priming estrutural entre línguas (L1 - L2) durante a compreensão da voz passiva em um grupo de 35 participantes bilingues tardios de Português Brasileiro e Inglês (PB-IN). Um desenho experimental 4 X 2 foi implementado, o qual incluiu uma variável intraparticipantes
denominada Condição com quatro níveis e uma variável entre participantes denominada Proficiência (Intermediário x Avançado). Os resultados mostram que, independentemente de proficiência, os participantes leram as frases-alvo mais rápido nas duas condições experimentais em comparação com as condições controle. Notavelmente, os efeitos de priming estrutural entre línguas foram observados mesmo na ausência de equivalentes de tradução. Isto é, efeitos de natureza abstrata e lexical foram observados. Esses achados indicam que bilíngues tardios de níveis de proficiência intermediária e avançada de
proficiência já desenvolveram um sistema sintático compartilhado entre L1 e L2.

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