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Articulatory suppression in language interpretation: Working memory capacity, dual tasking and word knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2005

FRANCISCA PADILLA ,
MARIA TERESA BAJO  and
PEDRO MACIZO
FRANCISCA PADILLA
Affiliation:
University of Granada
MARIA TERESA BAJO
Affiliation:
University of Granada
PEDRO MACIZO
Affiliation:
University of Granada
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Abstract

How do interpreters manage to cope with the adverse effects of concurrent articulation while trying to comprehend the message in the source language? In Experiments 1–3, we explored three possible working memory (WM) functions that may underlie the ability to simultaneously comprehend and produce in the interpreters: WM storage capacity, coordination and word knowledge. In Experiments 1 and 2, interpreters, high span individuals and control participants performed free recall tasks under normal, articulatory suppression conditions (Experiment 1) or while performing a secondary task (Experiment 2). In Experiment 3, professional interpreters free recalled nonwords or words in their first (L1) and second language (L2). The results indicated that the ability of the interpreters to simultaneously comprehend and produce is related to word knowledge rather than to an increased WM storage capacity or to an enhanced ability to coordinate processes and tasks.

Type
Research articles
Information
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , December 2005 , pp. 207 - 219
Copyright
Cambridge University Press 2005

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Footnotes

This research was supported by a grant from the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (BS02002-00159) and a postdoctoral fellowship to P. Macizo (EX2003-1137).