Unlike the English monolingual participants, the English–Chinese bilinguals did not show significant facilitation in the processing of the final word in the English-only binomial phrases ( bread and butter ) compared to the control phrases ( toast and butter ), but they showed a clear trend toward priming for the congruent binomials ( sun and moon ) compared to control phrases ( star and moon ).
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Cross-Language Influences in the Processing of Multiword Expressions: From a First Language to Second and Back.
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We found that (1) Chinese-English bilinguals showed a significant priming effect for congruent binomials but no facilitation for English-only binomials, (2) English–Chinese bilinguals showed a trend toward priming for congruent binomials, which did not reach statistical significance, and no priming for English-only binomials, (3) English monolinguals showed comparable priming for congruent and English-only binomials.