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Lim, Jung Hyun; Christianson, Kiel – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2013
A self-paced reading and translation task was used with learners of English as a second language (L2) to explore what sorts of information L2 learners use during online comprehension compared to native speakers, and how task (reading for comprehension vs. translation) and proficiency affect L2 comprehension. Thirty-six Korean native speakers of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Processing, Sentences, Bilingualism
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Buchweitz, Augusto; Mason, Robert A.; Hasegawa, Mihoko; Just, Marcel A. – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2009
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to compare brain activation from native Japanese (L1) readers reading hiragana (syllabic) and kanji (logographic) sentences, and English as a second language (L2). Kanji showed more activation than hiragana in right-hemisphere occipito-temporal lobe areas associated with visuospatial…
Descriptors: Japanese, English (Second Language), Sentences, Reading Comprehension
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Altarriba, Jeanette – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2008
In her thoughtful work regarding various aspects of emotion and emotion related words, Pavlenko explores a variety of perspectives on how we might characterize and conceptualize expressions of emotion. It is a work that is quite rich in breadth--one that leads to a variety of different thoughts on this topic, many of which are amenable to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Art Expression, Emotional Response, Literary Criticism