Bilingual Semantic Storage: Evidence from a Thai-English False Memory Experiment
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Before code-mixing sentences can be conceptualised and structured, bilinguals necessarily access their semantic knowledge in their cognition. This is where the debate over whether semantic storage of bilinguals is shared or separate plays a role. The current study applied a code-mixing context to a psycholinguistic experiment, specifically exploring whether semantic storage is shared or separate. A false memory experiment was run. The results show a possibility and a tendency to support the shared storage argument and the Revised Hierarchical Model. The analyses also suggested the possible relation between language proficiency and the use of code-mixing in conversations.
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