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ArticlePloS one2018

How do German bilingual schoolchildren process German prepositions? - A study on language-motor interactions.

Daniela Katharina Ahlberg, Heike Bischoff, Jessica Vanessa Strozyk, Doreen Bryant, Barbara Kaup

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Daniela Katharina AhlbergLEAD Graduate School, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1008-1831
Heike BischoffInstitute of German Language and Literature, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.
Jessica Vanessa StrozykDepartment of Psychology, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.
Doreen BryantInstitute of German Language and Literature, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.
Barbara KaupDepartment of Psychology, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While much support is found for embodied language processing in a first language (L1), evidence for embodiment in second language (L2) processing is rather sparse. In a recent study, we found support for L2 embodiment, but also an influence of L1 on L2 processing in adult learners. In the present study, we compared bilingual schoolchildren who speak German as one of their languages with monolingual German schoolchildren. We presented the German prepositions auf (on), über (above), and unter (under) in a Stroop-like task. Upward or downward responses were made depending on the font colour, resulting in compatible and incompatible trials. We found compatibility effects for all children, but in contrast to the adult sample, there were no processing differences between the children depending on the nature of their other language, suggesting that the processing of German prepositions of bilingual children is embodied in a similar way as in monolingual German children.

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