Türkçe-İngilizce (Yalancı) Eşdeğer Sözcüklerin İşlemlenmesi: Sözcüksel Tersine Çeviri Görevi Bulguları
Hızlandırıcı eşdeğer ve yavaşlatıcı yalancı eşdeğer etkileri şimdiye dek çeşitli dil ikililerinde farklı deneysel görevler ve katılımcı grupları kullanılarak sınanmıştır. Ancak (yalancı) eşdeğer sözcüklerin Türkçe-İngilizce dil ikilisi arasındaki yaygınlığına rağmen, bu sözcüklerin tanınması ve üretimine odaklanan çalışmalar bu ikili arasında yok denecek kadar azdır. Dolayısıyla bu çalışmada, hızlandırıcı eşdeğer ve yavaşlatıcı yalancı eşdeğer etkilerinin var olup olmadığı sözcüksel tersine çeviri (D2’den D1’e) görevi kullanılarak araştırılmıştır. Çalışmaya 50 yetişkin D1 Türkçe D2 İngilizce konuşuru katılmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında eşdeğer, yalancı eşdeğer ve kontrol türünde sözcükler sınanmıştır. Ayrıca, İngilizce Yeterlik Testi sonuçlarına göre katılımcılar iki gruba ayrılmış (yüksek ve düşük) ve böylece D2 yeterliği bağımsız değişken olarak çalışmaya eklenmiştir. Dahası, uyumsuz durum (D2’de çok biçimbirimli D1’de tek biçimbirimli) dahil edilerek olası biçimbilimsel etkiler sınanmıştır. Sonuçlar hızlandırıcı eşdeğer ve yavaşlatıcı yalancı eşdeğer etkileri ortaya koymuş ancak D2 yeterliğinin belirgin bir etkisine rastlanılmamıştır. Deneysel desen kaynaklı bazı kısıtlar sebebiyle biçimbilimin etkisi hakkında kesin iddialar ortaya koymak mümkün olamamıştır. Tüm bu bulgular seçici ikidilli (language non-selective) görüşünü ve bu etkilerin sınanan diller, kullanılan görev ve katılımcı profilinden bağımsız ortaya çıktığını destekler niteliktedir. Son olarak, bu çalışma dil yeterliğini ölçmede birden çok ölçütten faydalanılması gerekliliğini ortaya koymuştur.
The Processing of English-Turkish (False) Cognates: Evidence from a Backward Lexical Translation Task
Cognate facilitation and false cognate inhibition effects have been tested in various language pairs with different experimental tasks and participant profiles so far. However, studies focusing on the recognition or production of (false) cognates are nearly absent for Turkish-English despite the prevalence of these words. Thus, using a backward lexical translation task (from L2 to L1), this study aimed to investigate whether cognate facilitation and false cognate inhibition effects could be observed in Turkish-English by testing 50 adult Turkish L2 speakers of English. The materials were made up of cognates, false cognates, and controls. The effect of L2 proficiency was also manipulated by dividing the participants into two proficiency groups (high vs. low) based on OPT scores. Also, the role of morphology was introduced by using mismatch items (polymorphemic in L2 but monomorphemic in L1). The findings showed a robust cognate facilitation and false cognate inhibition but no significant effect of L2 proficiency. The role of morphology was not conclusive and came with its limitations. These results provided supporting evidence for the language non-selective view and pointed towards the presence of these effects irrespective of language, task or participant profile. Also, a compelling need for measuring proficiency using multiple measures emerged.
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