Raphiq Ibrahim
The cognitive basis of diglossia in Arabic: Evidence from a repetition priming study within and between languages
University of Haifa
study examined diglossia cognitive basis arabicrepetition priming effects compared within spoken arabic sa well effects found primes either literary arabic la hebrewin experiment 1 using lexical decisions auditory presented words significant priming effect found lag 0 primes la hebrewfurthermore large repetition priming effects found relatively long lags lag 812 within sathis effect absent repetition involved translation equivalents using either hebrew lathe results showing lexical decisions words sa influenced previous presentations translation equivalents la addition findings former study semantic priming effects suggest status la similar hebrew consistent typical organization l2 separate lexiconthus learning la appears respects like learning second language like learning formal register ones native language