Bilingual Representation and Processing Quiz

What does representation refer to in bilinguals?

• Structure and organization of language components

• Activation of language components

• Interactions between languages

• Levels of processing in bilinguals

What does processing refer to in bilinguals?

• Interactions between languages

• Activation of language components

• Structure and organization of language components

• Levels of processing in bilinguals

What do studies of bilingual language processing focus on?

• Activation of the two languages

• Identifying and locating the organization of the two languages

• Interactions within and between the two languages

• Levels of activation of each language

What is the difference between representation and processing?

• Representation and processing are unrelated

• Representation and processing are the same thing

• Representation is active, while processing is static

• Representation is static, while processing is active

According to Weinreich's model, how is the lexico-semantic system organized in compound bilinguals?

• One signified for every signifier

• One set of signifieds with two signifiers for each signified

• Semantic signifier in the first language becomes a signified for the second language

• Interpretation of words through the words of the stronger language

What is the term used by Weinreich to describe the conceptual structure/meaning at the semantic level?

• Coordinative bilinguals

• Lexico-semantic system

• Signifiers

• Signifieds

What is the term used by Weinreich to describe the labels/words at the lexical level?

• Signifieds

• Lexico-semantic system

• Signifiers

• Coordinative bilinguals

How do sub-coordinative bilinguals interpret words of their weaker language?

• By mapping to the semantic level

• By mapping to the orthographic/phonetic levels

• Through the words of their stronger language

• By mapping to the lexical level