International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 2

Recognizing the lexical units of semantic un-related tasks in arabic-english bilingual speakers within milliseconds: a neurolinguistic comparative study

  • Author:
  • Rasheed Ali Mohammed Saleh
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 1 to 10

Senior Research Scholar, KIKS, DoS in Linguistics, University of Mysore

Online published on 23 July, 2015.

Abstract

The brain is the most powerful organ in the human body. It has a very complex network. There are billions of neurons in the brain network. It decodes the lexical units and responds swiftly for the visual stimuli of semantic un-related (SUR) of Arabic language and English language within an incredible speed. The aim of the study is to compare the reaction time (RT) of SUR in Arabic language with the RT of SUR in English language experiments. Two experiments have been conducted in this study. One for SUR in Arabic language into English language, and the other one is from English language into Arabic language. 30 Arabic native subjects have been participated in the present study. 200 lexical units were elicited for Arabic language experiment and 200 lexical units were also elicited for English language experiment. These lexical units based on noun category. RT was recorded by DMDX software while the subjects implemented the visual stimuli task. The results revealed that there is a high level of significance in this comparative study.

Keywords

Arabic Language, English Language DMDX, Lexical units, Semantic Un-related, stimuli, Neurolinguistics