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

  1. Escudero, Inmaculada 1
  2. León Cascón, José Antonio 2
  3. Morera, Yurena 3
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

  2. 2 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01cby8j38

  3. 3 Universidad de La Laguna
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    Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristobal de La Laguna, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9z8p25

Revista:
Revista de investigación educativa, RIE

ISSN: 0212-4068 1989-9106

Año de publicación: 2013

Volumen: 31

Número: 1

Páginas: 223-238

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Revista de investigación educativa, RIE

Resumen

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.

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