Constraints on parallel activation in bilingual spoken language processing: Examining proficiency and lexical status using eye-tracking

HK Blumenfeld, V Marian - Language and cognitive processes, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
During spoken word-recognition, bilinguals have been shown to access their two languages
simultaneously. The present study examined effects of language proficiency and lexical …

Bimodal bilinguals co-activate both languages during spoken comprehension

A Shook, V Marian - Cognition, 2012 - Elsevier
Bilinguals have been shown to activate their two languages in parallel, and this process can
often be attributed to overlap in input between the two languages. The present study …

Second language proficiency and cross‐language lexical activation

JG Van Hell, D Tanner - Language Learning, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although research has consistently shown that a bilingual's two languages interact on
multiple levels, it is also well‐established that bilinguals can vary considerably in their …

Parallel language activation and cognitive control during spoken word recognition in bilinguals

HK Blumenfeld, V Marian - Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Accounts of bilingual cognitive advantages suggest an associative link between
crosslinguistic competition and inhibitory control. We investigate this link by examining …

Competing activation in bilingual language processing: Within-and between-language competition

V Marian, M Spivey - Bilingualism: Language and cognition, 2003 - cambridge.org
Two eye-tracking experiments examined spoken language processing in Russian-English
bilinguals. The proportion of looks to objects whose names were phonologically similar to …

Investigating bilingual processing: The neglected role of language processing contexts

YJ Wu, G Thierry - Frontiers in psychology, 2010 - frontiersin.org
How do the two languages of bilingual individuals interact in everyday communication?
Numerous behavioral-and event-related brain potential studies have suggested that …

Bilingual language processing and interference in bilinguals: Evidence from eye tracking and picture naming

M Kaushanskaya, V Marian - Language Learning, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Recognition and interference of a nontarget language (Russian) during production in a
target language (English) were tested in Russian‐English bilinguals using eye movements …

Parallel language activation during word processing in bilinguals: Evidence from word production in sentence context

PA Starreveld, AMB De Groot… - Bilingualism …, 2014 - cambridge.org
In two picture-naming experiments we examined whether bilinguals co-activate the non-
target language during word production in the target language. The pictures were presented …

The influence of semantic constraints on bilingual word recognition during sentence reading

E Van Assche, D Drieghe, W Duyck, M Welvaert… - Journal of Memory and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The present study investigates how semantic constraint of a sentence context modulates
language-non-selective activation in bilingual visual word recognition. We recorded Dutch …

Interlocutor identity affects language activation in bilinguals

M Molnar, A Ibáñez-Molina, M Carreiras - Journal of Memory and Language, 2015 - Elsevier
In bilingual communities, individuals often communicate in one of their languages only, and
they adjust to the linguistic background of different interlocutors with ease. What facilitates …