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Three groups of subjects were tested to investigate the effect of language on the relationship between recall span and articulation rate. Native English-speaking monolinguals and native Chinese-speaking monolinguals recalled only English or Chinese words, respectively. Chinese-English bilinguals recalled both English and Chinese words. Articulation rates for English and Chinese monolinguals and Chinese-English bilinguals in each language were also obtained. When recall span was regressed on articulation rate, the slopes for Chinese and English words were significantly different for the Chinese-English bilinguals. This difference was not due to language proficiency but to phonological differences between English and Chinese.
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This research was submitted by the first author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree.
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Cheung, H., Kemper, S. Recall and articulation of English and Chinese words by Chinese-English bilinguals. Memory & Cognition 21, 666–670 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03197197
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