Journal article
Bridging Interpersonal and Ecological Dynamics of Cognition Through a Systems Framework of Bilingualism
Journal of experimental psychology. General, Vol.151(9), pp.2128-2143
09/01/2022
DOI: 10.1037/xge0001174
PMID: 35113642
Abstract
Human cognition occurs within social contexts, and nowhere is this more evident than language behavior. Regularly using multiple languages is a globally ubiquitous individual experience that is shaped by social environmental forces, ranging from interpersonal interactions to ambient language exposure. Here, we develop a Systems Framework of Bilingualism, where embedded layers of individual, interpersonal, and ecological sociolinguistic factors jointly predict people's language behavior. Of note, we quantify interpersonal and ecological language dynamics through the novel applications of language-tagged social network analysis and geospatial demographic analysis among 106 English-French bilingual adults in Montreal, Canada. Consistent with a Systems view, we found that people's individual language behavior, on a global level (i.e., overall language use), was jointly predicted by the language characteristics of their interpersonal social networks and the ambient linguistic patterns of their residential neighborhood environments, whereas more granular aspects of language behavior (i.e., word-level proficiency) was mainly driven by local, interpersonal social networks. Together, this work offers a novel theoretical framework, bolstered by innovative analytic techniques to quantify complex social information and empower more holistic assessments of multifaceted human behaviors and cognition, like language.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Bridging Interpersonal and Ecological Dynamics of Cognition Through a Systems Framework of Bilingualism
- Creators
- Mehrgol Tiv - McGill UniversityEthan Kutlu - University of IowaJason W. Gullifer - McGill UniversityRuo Ying Feng - McGill UniversityMarina M. Doucerain - Université du QuébecDebra A. Titone - McGill University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of experimental psychology. General, Vol.151(9), pp.2128-2143
- Publisher
- Amer Psychological Assoc
- DOI
- 10.1037/xge0001174
- PMID
- 35113642
- ISSN
- 0096-3445
- eISSN
- 1939-2222
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Canada Research Chairs Program; Canada Research Chairs
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2022
- Academic Unit
- Linguistics; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984446066502771
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