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July 15, 2026International Journal of Cognitive SciencesOpen Access

Effects of Semantic and Cross-Language Contextual Variation on Online Processing During Bilingual Novel Word Learning

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JLJustin G. LauroPTPâmela Freitas Pereira Toassi

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Overview

Randomized trial explores bilingual novel word learning in varied sentence contexts, indicating varied online processing.

Key Points

  • This study aims to investigate how semantic and language-context variability affect online processing during bilingual novel word learning.
  • Participants: Brazilian Portuguese–English bilinguals
  • Interventions: Reading novel cognates in repeated vs. varied sentence contexts
  • Measures: Eye-movement metrics (first fixation duration, total reading time) and a post-test relatedness judgment task
  • Reading times decreased with repeated exposure, evidenced by shorter fixation durations and total reading times.
  • Faster reading in repeated sentence contexts compared to varied contexts.
  • L1 condition yielded faster reading times than mixed-language condition, with proficient bilinguals showing quicker adaptation.

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Lauro et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a57236f88b21df8754802c7https://doi.org/10.3390/ijcs2030015
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