The influence of the global linguistic context on the lexical choice of Kazakh-Russian bilinguals

Cover Page

Cite item

Full Text

Abstract

In this paper, the process of language choice among Kazakh-Russian adult bilinguals is considered as a competitive cognitive mechanism. Kazakh-Russian bilinguals' language choice can be regulated by external linguistic and social factors, such as the global linguistic context of communication. These factors can also be moderated by the individual characteristics of their linguistic competencies. The object of this study is the influence of the global linguistic context on the language choice of Kazakh-Russian bilinguals. The subject of the study is the lexical choice of Kazakh-Russian bilinguals in the proposed experimental conditions. The specific objectives of the research are to correlate the individual language profiles of these bilinguals with their lexical choices in different linguistic contexts. The study was conducted using the author's experimental methodology, in which the global context was modeled using the language of the instructions presented before the experiment. The data obtained were analyzed in terms of statistical significance. Then, a qualitative analysis of the dependence of the variables (the instruction language and the subject's first language) was performed. The main findings showed that participants in the study demonstrated different patterns of influence of the global language context on their language choice depending on their first language (L1). Bilinguals with a dominant Russian language showed different behaviors, depending on the instruction language; bilinguals with a dominant Kazakh language consistently adhered to the Kazakh language, regardless of the instruction language; balanced bilinguals more often chose the language opposite to the instruction language. The data can be applied in research and experimental studies (in the fields of psycho- and neuro-linguistics). There is also potential for applying the results to bilingual pedagogical work and speech therapy. This study is novel in that it is the first to experimentally confirm the effect of global linguistic context on the linguistic behavior of Kazakh-Russian bilinguals. As a result of the study, the conclusion was formulated: the global linguistic context had a heterogeneous effect on bilinguals and could activate both the target and non-target language, depending on the bilingual's individual language profile and a complex set of socio-cultural factors.

References

  1. Nurtazina M., Kesner J., Alefirenko N., Shakhputova Z. Linguistic and extralinguistic factors of code-switching as a process of contacting languages // Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research. – 2019. – Vol. 298. – P. 577-583.
  2. Доминикан А. И. Виды контекстов при разных научных подходах // Вестник ТвГУ. Серия: Филология. – 2017. – № 4. – С. 125-131. EDN: ZURPBV.
  3. Кирсанова И. В., Шияпова А. А., Фатхулова Д. Р. Контекст и его роль в процессах понимания текста (на материале психолингвистического исследования) // Современное педагогическое образование. – 2021. – № 4. – С. 279-284. EDN: TQBULN.
  4. Slama-Cazacu T. Langage et contexte: Le problème du langage dans la conception de l'expression et de l'interprétation par des organisations contextuelles. – Gravenhage : Mouton, 1961. – 251 p.
  5. Мыркин В. Я. Типы контекстов. Коммуникативный контекст // Филологические науки. – 1978. – № 1. – С. 95-100.
  6. Van Heuven W., Dijkstra T., Grainger J. Orthographic neighborhood effects in bilingual word recognition // Journal of Memory and Language. – 1998. – № 39. – С. 458-483. EDN: GXUPFZ.
  7. Green D., Abutalebi J. Language control in bilinguals: The adaptive control hypothesis // Journal of Cognitive Psychology. – 2013. – Vol. 25. – № 5. – P. 515-530.
  8. Gollan T. H., Goldrick M. A switch is not a switch: Syntactically-driven bilingual language control // Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. – 2018. – Vol. 44. – № 1. – P. 143-156.
  9. Parshina O., Smirnova A., Goldina S., Bainbridge E. The effect of the global language context on bilingual language control during L1 reading // Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. – 2025. – Vol. 28. – № 2. – P. 577-587. doi: 10.1017/s1366728924000658. EDN: EQFHJM.
  10. Жаркынбекова Ш. К., Чернявская В. Е. Казахско-русская билингвальная практика: смешение кода как ресурс в коммуникативном взаимодействии // Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Теория языка. Семиотика. Семантика. – 2022. – Т. 13. – № 2. – С. 468-482. doi: 10.22363/2313-2299-2022-13-2-468-482. EDN: SAOAVQ.
  11. Жук А. И., Ихсанова С. И., Кенжебекова Д. Р., Щербакова В. А. Социолингвистический профиль билингвов в Казахстане: языковая идентичность и доминирование // Вестник Алихан Бокейхан Университета. – 2024. – Т. 4. – № 63. – С. 113-121.
  12. Акинина Ю. С. Библиотека стимулов "Существительное и объект": нормирование психолингвистических параметров / Ю. С. Акинина и др. // Шестая международная конференция по когнитивной науке: Тезисы докладов. – Калининград, 23-27 июня 2014 г. – Калининград : [б.и.], 2014. – Вып. 6. – C. 112-114.
  13. McRae K. Abstract Concepts and Pictures of Real-World Situations Activate One Another // Topics in Cognitive Science. – 2018. – Vol. 10. – № 3. – P. 518-532.
  14. Martin C. D., et al. Processing of Synonyms and Homographs in Bilingual and Monolingual Speakers // Journal of Cognition. – 2024. – Vol. 7. – № 1. – Article 4. – P. 1-19. doi: 10.5334/joc.329. EDN: CSLWES.
  15. Sá-Leite A. R., Comesaña M., Acuña-Fariña C., Fraga I. A cautionary note on the studies using the picture-word interference paradigm: the unwelcome consequences of the random use of “in/animates” // Frontiers in Psychology. – 2023. – Vol. 14. – Article 1145884. – P. 1-14.
  16. Creemers A., Davies A. G., Wilder R. J., Tamminga M., Embick D. Opacity, transparency, and morphological priming: A study of prefixed verbs in Dutch // Journal of Memory and Language. – 2020. – Vol. 110. – Article 104055. – P. 1-20.
  17. Khorsheed A., Wilson C., Schumacher P. What second-language speakers can tell us about pragmatic processing // PLOS ONE. – 2022. – Vol. 17. – № 3. – e0263724. – P. 1-20.
  18. Ляшевская О. Н., Пыжак Ж. В., Виноградова О. И. Word-formation complexity: a learner corpus-based study // Вестник РУДН. Серия "Лингвистика". – 2022. – Т. 26. – № 2. – С. 435-460. doi: 10.22363/2687-0088-31187. EDN: UXCMMV.
  19. Paradis J., Nicoladis E. The Influence of Dominance and Sociolinguistic Context on Bilingual Preschoolers' Language Choice // International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. – 2007. – Vol. 10. – P. 277-297.
  20. Bruin A., Martin C. Perro or txakur? Bilingual language choice during production is influenced by personal preferences and external primes // Cognition. – 2022. – Vol. 222. – Article 104995. – doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104995. EDN: GGOFZA.
  21. Blanco-Elorrieta E., Pylkkänen L. Bilingual language switching in the laboratory versus in the wild: The spatiotemporal dynamics of adaptive language control // Journal of Neuroscience. – 2017. – Vol. 37. – № 37. – P. 9022-9036. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0553-17.2017.
  22. Jevtović M., Duñabeitia J. A., de Bruin A. How do bilinguals switch between languages in different interactional contexts? A comparison between voluntary and mandatory language switching // Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. – 2020. – Vol. [не указано].
  23. Бойкова С.Е. Эксперимент с картинками со сквозным персонажем: анализ билингвального нарратива // Litera. 2020. № 10. С. 37-50. doi: 10.25136/2409-8698.2020.10.33904 URL: https://nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=33904

Supplementary files

Supplementary Files
Action
1. JATS XML
Download

Согласие на обработку персональных данных

 

Используя сайт https://journals.rcsi.science, я (далее – «Пользователь» или «Субъект персональных данных») даю согласие на обработку персональных данных на этом сайте (текст Согласия) и на обработку персональных данных с помощью сервиса «Яндекс.Метрика» (текст Согласия).