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Neural bases underlying Native or Foreign word production, and Language switching

모국어와 외국어의 단어산출 및 언어 간 전환에 따른 뇌 활성화 과정

  • Kim, Choong-Myung (Division of Language, Speech and Psychological Therapy, Gwangju University)
  • 김충명 (광주대학교 언어.심리치료학부)
  • Received : 2014.12.30
  • Accepted : 2015.03.12
  • Published : 2015.03.31

Abstract

The neural bases underlying within or between-language picture naming was investigated by using event-related fMRI. The present suudy explorered the following two goals: The first is to compare cortical activation areas relevant to naming process in native and foreign language, and to decide whether the activation pattern of the foreign word will be the same as native words or not. The next is to find the cerebral areas involved only in alternating language switching between native and foreign language condition. Differential activation patterns were observed for language switching against one-language. Both naming tasks all activated the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) as expected. However the differences in naming between languages were reflected in the activation amount of the LIFG, namely more activation in naming the native language than the foreign language. Especially, naming of the foreign word from English showed the similar area and size in activation with native language suggesting that the process of borrowed noun resembles that of native common noun. And the language switching between languages newly activated the right middle frontal gyrus as well as the left inferior frontal areas. The right middle frontal gyrus engagement in switching conditions obviously identified that right hemisphere is recruited in code switching possibly with respect to meta-cognition controlling language index at a subconscious level.

본 연구는 사건관련 fMRI를 이용하여 언어 내 및 언어 간 그림명명 과제를 수행하는 동안 모국어와 외래어 명사관련 피질 활성화 영역을 비교해 보고, 특히 외래어의 활성화 패턴이 모국어에 동조되는지를 알아보았다. 아울러 과제수행 언어가 정해지지 않은 임의적 언어전환 조건에 관여하는 활성화 영역도 연구대상이었다. 실험결과, 한 가지 수행언어만으로 제한되는 과제에서는 모국어 및 외래어 모두 좌측 하전두회(LIFG) 활성화가 일어났으나 모국어의 활성화 정도가 더 컸으며, 특히 외래어 명명 시 모국어와의 활성화 강도는 약화된 반면 영역분포는 유사한 결과를 얻었다. 이는 외래어가, 외국어가 아닌 모국어에 동조되었음을 시사한다 하겠다. 마지막으로 언어전환 조건에서의 실험에서는 좌측 하전두피질 외에 우측 중전두피 질이 관여함을 발견함으로써 실험수준이 아닌 일상수준의 다언어 사용에 있어, 의식이전의 언어 간 부호전환에 관여하는 우반구의 상대적인 기여와 역할을 시사하는 결과를 얻었다.

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