Table 2 The experimental sentences used in the silent reading task.
From: An eye-movement database of bilingual language control for Chinese-English bilinguals
Types | Language | Definition | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
Non-switch | Chinese | All words are Chinese. |
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English | All words are English. | Upon entering the classroom, those naughty students quieted down immediately. | |
Insertion | Chinese | The subject noun of the main clause is in Chinese, while the rest of the sentence is in English. | Upon entering the classroom, those naughty |
English | The subject noun of the main clause is in English, while the rest of the sentence is in Chinese. |
| |
Alternation | Chinese | The part of a sentence before the subject of the main clause is in English, and the remaining part is in Chinese. | Upon entering the classroom, those naughty |
English | The part of a sentence before the subject of the main clause is in Chinese, and the remaining part is in English. |
| |
Dense code-switching | Chinese | The first noun in the subordinate clause and the subject noun of the main clause are in Chinese, while all other words are in English. | Upon entering the |
English | The first noun in the subordinate clause and the subject noun of the main clause are in English, while all other words are in Chinese. |
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, 
quieted down immediately.
, 
, 
, those naughty 
quieted down immediately.
classroom, 
students 
