Unicodal

As there are three lists to a set, the number of words recalled is some fraction of 150 for the unilingual, unicodal, and mixed sets.

Recall for the unicodal and unilingual lists was similar, but recall for the mixed code list (red or black) was only half that of the mixed language list.

Unicodal / monolingual background

Edward (Claassen, 1992) allows for three types of referring expressions concerning the objects of a file system: pointing gestures, unicodal referring expressions (e.g., selecting an adequate pronoun), and multicodal referring expressions.

Note, however, that active language use need not be unicodal. Bilingual children often and naturally switch between their codes or mix them.