The bilingual carry-over effect

Bilingual transfer can involve more than just phonology, morphology, lexicon, or syntax, and includes also the manner or facility for information processing. This paper looks at (1) visual acuity for Chinese characters and English letters presented vertically versus horizontally, and (2) the size incongruity effect for Chinese versus English number names, with Chinese-English bilingual subjects. The presence or absence of cross-over effect is discussed in terms of the nature of the task as well as language experience.