A bilingual's language system is highly interactive. When hearing a second language (L2),
bilinguals access native-language (L1) words that share sounds across languages. In the …

In spite of the intuition of many bilinguals, a review of empirical studies indicates that during
reading under many circumstances, possible words from different languages temporarily …

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 …

This study examined whether bilinguals automatically activate lexical options from both of
their languages when performing a picture matching task in their dominant language (L1) by …

While listening to non-native speech, second language users filter the auditory input through
their native language. We examined how bilinguals perceived second language (L2 …

Activation of both of a bilingual's languages during auditory word recognition has been
widely documented. Here, we argue that if parallel activation in bilinguals is the result of a …

132 Ana I. Schwartz and Janet G. Van Hell simultaneously co-activated prior to the
completion of lexical access, thereby altering the time-course and/or ease of access. The …

The present dissertation investigated whether bilinguals activate semantic representations
from both languages when reading in a single language. In Study 1, both French-English …

When listening to speech in a second language, bilinguals' perception of acoustic-phonetic
properties is often influenced by the features that are important in the native language of the …

The present study investigates how semantic constraint of a sentence context modulates
language-non-selective activation in bilingual visual word recognition. We recorded Dutch …