SPSS Syntax
1. Dependent variable analysisDESCRIPTIVES
VARIABLES=mean_rt mean_er
/STATISTICS=MEAN STDDEV MIN MAX .
Razlichawat li se Fr i De po otnoshenie na RT and Errors
T-TEST
GROUPS = sprache(1 2)
/MISSING = ANALYSIS
/VARIABLES = mean_rt mean_er
/CRITERIA = CI(.95) .
BG w srawnenie s De i Fr
T-TEST
GROUPS = sprache(5 1)
/MISSING = ANALYSIS
/VARIABLES = mean_rt mean_er
/CRITERIA = CI(.95) .
T-TEST
GROUPS = sprache(5 2)
/MISSING = ANALYSIS
/VARIABLES = mean_rt mean_er
/CRITERIA = CI(.95) .
2. Ensuring that procedure works: SP and AP in the mother tongue (for both languages fr and de separately)
sort cases by sprache.
split file by sprache.
T-TEST
/TESTVAL = 0
/MISSING = ANALYSIS
/VARIABLES = spl1_rt apl1_rt
/CRITERIA = CI(.95) .
split file off.
(result: all significant (one-tailed))
3. Testing proficiency & automaticity:
Semantic priming in L2: Is it greater than 0?
sort cases by sprache.
split file by sprache.
T-TEST
/TESTVAL = 0
/MISSING = ANALYSIS
/VARIABLES = spl2_rt
/CRITERIA = CI(.95) .
split file off.
(result: yes! - for BG and Fr
Not significant for Germans)
4. Main Hypothesis:
4.1. Is there ANY emotional effect (measured by affective priming) in the second language?
sort cases by sprache.
split file by sprache.
T-TEST
/TESTVAL = 0
/MISSING = ANALYSIS
/VARIABLES = apl2_rt
/CRITERIA = CI(.95) .
split file off.
(result: Germans: no Affective Priming --> no emotions. But that doesn't matter because they showed no SP in L2.
Bulgarians and French: Affective Priming differing from Null --> SOME Emotions.
Thus, the hypothesis in the strong form "no emotions": rejected.
4.2. Is perceived emotionality (measured with the AP-Effect) WEAKER in L2 compared to L1?
sort cases by sprache.
split file by sprache.
T-TEST
PAIRS = apl1_rt WITH apl2_rt (PAIRED)
/CRITERIA = CI(.95)
/MISSING = ANALYSIS.
split file off.
2 b) Does then SP differentiate between the two languages? Are there better Sp-Effects for the L1 compared to L2?
sort cases by sprache.
split file by sprache.
T-TEST
PAIRS = spl1_rt WITH spl2_rt (PAIRED)
/CRITERIA = CI(.95)
/MISSING = ANALYSIS.
split file off.
(Result: Germans do show difference both in Sp and Ap. Sp and Ap are greater in their mother tongue.
As for French, there is no Difference between the magnitude of both priming effects. Equalty in performance. Strange but true. (ceiling effects?)
posted by gargichka @ 7:48 AM
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