Effects of the French grammatical gender system on bilingual adults' perception of objects

IF 2.5 1区 文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS Bilingualism: Language and Cognition Pub Date : 2024-10-03 DOI:10.1017/s1366728924000464
Zhuohan Chen, Faidra Faitaki
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This study extends the line of linguistic relativity research by assessing the effect of the French grammatical gender system on French speakers' and learners' perception of objects. Four groups of 140 adults (English monolinguals, French monolinguals, English–French bilinguals and French–English bilinguals; N = 35 each) rated 32 selected objects' gender by assigning them a masculine/feminine voice on a slider. We also assessed the participants' second-language (L2) proficiency. Multilevel modelling results revealed that French monolinguals and English–French bilinguals rated objects' gender in line with the French grammatical gender system. The effect of French on perception was not reduced by acquiring English, as French–English bilinguals performed on par with French monolinguals. Moreover, the effect was independent of L2 proficiency. These findings suggest that learning a gendered L2 affects the perception of objects – thus supporting the linguistic relativity hypothesis.
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法语语法性别系统对双语成人物体感知的影响
本研究通过评估法语语法性别系统对法语使用者和学习者对物体的感知的影响,扩展了语言相对性研究的思路。四组共 140 名成人(英语单语者、法语单语者、英法双语者和法英双语者;每组人数=35)通过在滑块上给 32 个选定对象分配男/女声来评定其性别。我们还评估了参与者的第二语言(L2)水平。多层次建模结果显示,法语单语者和英法双语者按照法语语法性别系统评定对象的性别。法语对感知的影响并没有因为学习英语而减弱,因为法英双语者的表现与法语单语者相当。此外,这种影响与第二语言能力无关。这些研究结果表明,学习带有性别的第二语言会影响对物体的感知,从而支持语言相对性假说。
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