Are discourse comprehension and cognitive porcesses influenced by the type of language (English and Spanish)? A cross-language study based on eleborative inferences generation

• Inmaculada Escudero Domínguez ^[1] ; José Antonio León Cascón ^[2] ; Yurena Morera ^[3]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

     Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

     Madrid, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

     Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
  3. [3] Universidad de La Laguna

     Universidad de La Laguna

     San Cristóbal de La Laguna, España

     

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• Localización: Revista de investigación educativa, RIE, ISSN-e 1989-9106, ISSN 0212-4068, Vol. 31, Nº 1, 2013, págs. 223-238
• Idioma: español
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  • ¿Están los procesos cognitivos implicados en la comprensión del discurso influidos por el tipo de lengua (inglés vs español)? un estudio translingüístico basado en la generación de inferencias elaborativas
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  • español

    El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar si los procesos de comprensión del discurso, en especial los diversos tipos de inferencias que se activan durante la lectura, están o no influidos por la lengua materna (inglés vs. español), tal y como apuntan algunas teorías sobre el relativismo lingüístico. En este estudio, consistente en una tarea de pensamiento en voz alta, participaron 20 estudiantes universitarios norteamericanos y 20 españoles. Los resultados obtenidos sugieren que la activación de inferencias no está restringida a las diferencias idiomáticas. Por el contrario, los datos apoyan la idea de que la activación de inferencias refleja un patrón universal en los procesos cognitivos.

  • English

    The aim of this study was to determine whether discourse comprehension processes, focusing on the type of inferences activated during reading, would be influenced by the language (English and Spanish) as supported by linguistic relativity theories. 20 U.S. and 20 Spanish undergraduates took part in this study using a think-aloud task. The results suggest that inference generation was not restricted by language differences. In contrast, these data support the idea that inference activation reflects a universal cognitive processes pattern.

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