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Schwartz, Ana I.; Kroll, Judith F. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2006
The present study investigated the cognitive nature of second language (L2) lexical processing in sentence context. We examined bilinguals' L2 word recognition performance for language-ambiguous words [cognates (e.g., "piano") and homographs (e.g., "pan")] in two sentence context experiments with highly proficient Spanish-English bilinguals living…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Sentences, Second Language Learning, Language Processing
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Silverberg, Stu; Samuel, Arthur G. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2004
In this study, the effects of second language (i.e., L2) proficiency and age of second language acquisition are assessed. Three types of bilinguals are compared: Early L2 learners, Late highly proficient L2 learners, and Late less proficient L2 learners. A lexical decision priming paradigm is used in which the critical trials consist of first…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Age