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Interlingual Homophone Retrieval in Typical Kannada–Tulu Bilinguals

Author(s) Mr. Bharath Shetty, Prof. Dr. Sathish Kumara Swamy
Country India
Abstract Interlingual homophones which share similar phonological forms but differ in meaning across languages provide an important framework for understanding bilingual lexical processing. The present study aimed to investigate interlingual homophone retrieval abilities and examine language dominance patterns in typical Kannada–Tulu bilinguals. To achieve this forty individuals aged between 20 and 35 years proficient in Kannada and Tulu participated in the study.
Participants were instructed to identify and write the meaning of the each word presented to them in audio-visual mode. The collected data was analyzed using paired and unpaired t-test with statistical significance determined at p < .05.
The results reveals a clear pattern of language dominance in interlingual homophone retrieval. Kannada-dominant participants demonstrated significantly higher retrieval scores in Kannada (M = 11.13, SD = 1.30) compared to Tulu (M = 7.13, SD = 1.72) while Tulu-dominant participants showed superior performance in Tulu (M = 11.73, SD = 1.28) compared to Kannada (M = 7.33, SD = 1.54). These differences were found to be highly significant (p < .001), indicating strong within-group and between group effects. These findings suggest that interlingual homophone retrieval is strongly influenced by language dominance with bilingual individuals demonstrating superior performance in their native or more frequently used language. This pattern further supports the interaction of bilingual lexicons where both languages are activated but selectively accessed based on dominance. Therefore, the study contributes to a better understanding of semantic and phonological processing in Kannada–Tulu bilinguals and highlights the importance of considering language dominance in bilingual language research.
Keywords Interlingual homophones; bilingualism; language dominance; Kannada–Tulu bilinguals
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-05-26
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