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Brain Bases of English Morphological Processing: A Comparison between Chinese-English, Spanish-English Bilingual, and English Monolingual Children
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Sun, Xin; Marks, Rebecca A.; Zhang, Kehui; Yu, Chi-Lin; Eggleston, Rachel L.; Nickerson, Nia; Chou, Tai-Li; Hu, Xiao-Su; Tardif, Twila; Satterfield, Teresa; Kovelman, Ioulia – Developmental Science, 2023
How do early bilingual experiences influence children's neural architecture for word processing? Dual language acquisition can yield common influences that may be shared across different bilingual groups, as well as language-specific influences stemming from a given language pairing. To investigate these effects, we examined bilingual English…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Multilingual Processing in the Brain
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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
The Cambridge Handbook of Language Learning. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
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Schwieter, John W., Ed.; Benati, Alessandro, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2019
Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning, this "Handbook," written by a team of leading experts, surveys the nature of second language learning and its implications for teaching. Prominent theories and methods from linguistics, psycholinguistics, processing-based, and cognitive approaches are…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Theories
The Time Course for Language Acquisition in Biologically Distinct Populations: Evidence from Deaf Individuals
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Ross, Danielle S.; Bever, Thomas G. – Brain and Language, 2004
The present study provides evidence that individuals who have different patterns of cerebral lateralization and who develop along different maturational time courses can attain comparable levels of language proficiency. Right-handed individuals with left-handed family members (left-handed familials, LHFs) showed a shorter sensitive period for…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Acquisition, Deafness, Lateral Dominance
Bilingualism: Neuropsychological Considerations.
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Galloway, Linda M. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1982
An examination of studies concerning the functional organization of languages in the bilingual brain discusses several variables. Factors that may contribute to the organization of language include age, language proficiency, literacy, reading skills, type of script, language specific factors, social acculturation, teaching method, and style. (CJ)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency
The Sensitive Period and Comprehension of Speech. Working Papers on Bilingualism, No. 16.
Oyama, Susan – 1978
Recent studies in productive phonology among immigrants have supported the case for the existence of a critical or sensitive period in language acquisition. The present study proposes that the case for a sensitive period would be further strengthened by the discovery of comparable age effects for other linguistic abilities such as listening…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Cognitive Processes, Immigrants