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Morgan-Short, Kara; Finestrat, Irene; Luque, Alicia; Abugaber, David – Language Learning, 2022
In this exploratory study, we considered the method of combining event-related potentials (ERPs) and source attributions as a means for examining the explicit or implicit nature of second language (L2) knowledge and processing. We recorded electroencephalograms while L2 Spanish participants judged phrase structure and subject-verb agreement…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Diagnostic Tests, Intuition
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Morgan-Short, Kara; Sanz, Cristina; Steinhauer, Karsten; Ullman, Michael T. – Language Learning, 2010
This study employed an artificial language learning paradigm together with a combined behavioral/event-related potential (ERP) approach to examine the neurocognition of the processing of gender agreement, an aspect of inflectional morphology that is problematic in adult second language (L2) learning. Subjects learned to speak and comprehend an…
Descriptors: Nouns, Morphology (Languages), Second Language Learning, Artificial Languages
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Potowski, Kim; Jegerski, Jill; Morgan-Short, Kara – Language Learning, 2009
The current study compared the effects of two second language (L2) instruction types--processing instruction (VanPatten, 2004) and traditional output-based instruction--on the development of the Spanish past subjunctive among U.S. Spanish heritage language speakers and traditional L2 learners. After exposure to instruction, both the heritage…
Descriptors: Grammar, Spanish, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Instruction