Interpreter advantages in switching ability

Subjects: Psychology >> Experimental Psychology submitted time 2020-12-14

赵宏明 董燕萍

Abstract： Interpreting can be regarded as an intensive language switching activity. Compared with non-interpreting bilinguals, interpreters have shown advantages in both abilities of rule-based switch and task-based switch. However, it is still disputed whether interpreter advantages in task-based switch originate from local switch or global monitoring. Preliminary evidence shows that interpreting training first brings interpreters an advantage in local switch (indexed by switch cost in a univalent switching task), and then later it may bring interpreters an advantage in global monitoring (indexed by mixing cost in a bivalent switching task). The intensity of language switch and other particular language control features of interpreting are probably the factors affecting the presence and development of interpreters’ advantages in switching. These results have implications for research on bilingual advantages and other related topics.

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