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Lee, Yan-Yi – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
With the increasing consensus that a single effect of bilingualism is unlikely, some scholars shift their focus to elements that may exert an influence on the bilingual brain. One such element that has been garnering attention lately concerns the role of L1-L2 typological distance. In this conceptual analysis, I make the case that the foundations…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Psycholinguistics, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Classification
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Schwartz, Bonnie D.; Sprouse, Rex A. – Second Language Research, 2021
In her keynote article advocating the Linguistic Proximity Model for third language (L3) acquisition, Westergaard (2021) presents several arguments against 'copying and restructuring' in nonnative language acquisition, mechanisms central to Schwartz and Sprouse's (1996) Full Transfer/Full Access model of second language (L2) acquisition. In this…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Transfer of Training
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Ullman, Michael T.; Lovelett, Jarrett T. – Second Language Research, 2018
The declarative/procedural (DP) model posits that the learning, storage, and use of language critically depend on two learning and memory systems in the brain: declarative memory and procedural memory. Thus, on the basis of independent research on the memory systems, the model can generate specific and often novel predictions for language. Till…
Descriptors: Role, Memory, Second Language Learning, Prediction
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van den Noort, Maurits; Struys, Esli; Kim, Kayoung; Bosch, Peggy; Mondt, Katrien; van Kralingen, Rosalinde; Lee, Mikyoung; van de Craen, Piet – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2014
In this paper, in contrast to previous neuroimaging literature reviews on first language (L1) and second language (L2), the focus was only on neuroimaging studies that were directly conducted on multilingual participants. In total, 14 neuroimaging studies were included in our study such as 10 functional magnetic resonance imaging, 1 positron…
Descriptors: Brain, Language Processing, Multilingualism, Diagnostic Tests
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Tolentino, Leida C.; Tokowicz, Natasha – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2011
This review examines whether similarity between the first language (L1) and second language (L2) influences the (morpho)syntactic processing of the L2, using both neural location and temporal processing information. Results from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and event-related potential (ERP) studies show that nonnative speakers can…
Descriptors: Native Language, Diagnostic Tests, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Morphology (Languages)
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Bolger, Patrick A.; Zapata, Gabriela C. – Heritage Language Journal, 2011
This paper focuses on the dearth of language-processing research addressing Spanish heritage speakers in assimilationist communities. First, we review key offline work on this population, and we then summarize the few psycholinguistic (online) studies that have already been carried out. In an attempt to encourage more such research, in the next…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Heritage Education, Language Processing, Spanish
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Pakulak, Eric; Neville, Helen J. – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2010
Although anecdotally there appear to be differences in the way native speakers use and comprehend their native language, most empirical investigations of language processing study university students and none have studied differences in language proficiency, which may be independent of resource limitations such as working memory span. We examined…
Descriptors: Syntax, Short Term Memory, Monolingualism, Correlation