Переключение кода и когнитивный контроль якутско-русских билингвов с родным якутским языком

There has been considerable interest in studying the mechanisms behind language processing in the case of bilingualism in the last two decades. It has been attested that comprehending code-switching engages cognitive control. In this study, I intend to test the hypothesis that encountering a sentence with a code-switch influences the performance on a Flanker task using the experimental paradigm from (Adler et al., 2019) for Yakut-Russian young adult bilinguals with Yakut L1. In addition, I will test whether the direction of a code-switch, from Yakut to Russian or from Russian to Yakut, affects the participants’ performance. It is expected that after reading a sentence with a code-switch reaction time on a Flanker task will be shorter compared to the monolingual mode. As for the language direction, research outcomes will provide evidence for code-switching practices in Yakut-Russian bilinguals. The findings will contribute to the research of contact-induced phenomena in typologically distinct languages and the overall understanding of cognitive processes behind code-switching and bilingualism in general.