The effects of age of acquisition (AoA) in the first (L1) and second (L2) languages of Spanish–
English bilinguals were explored using a translation judgement task in which participants …

Four experiments explored the age of acquisition effects in the first and second languages of
dominant Spanish-English bilinguals. In Experiment 1 (picture naming task) and Experiment …

Global age of acquisition of L1 and L2 in individual speakers has been investigated as a
deterministic factor in nativelikeness of grammatical knowledge and lexical processing. The …

The age of acquisition (AoA) effect in first/monolingual language processing has received
much attention in psycholinguistic research. However, AoA effects in second language …

Age effects in second language acquisition (SLA) are often construed as evidence for a
maturationally based critical period. However, an analysis of end-state SLA research reveals …

We investigated the influence of word class and translation ambiguity on cross-linguistic
representation and processing. Bilingual speakers of English and Spanish performed …

This study investigates the role of age of acquisition (AoA) on the bilingual mental lexicon.
Four groups of participants were tested:(i) English native speakers with minimal exposure to …

Recently, considerable attention has been given to the effect of the age of acquisition (AoA)
on learning a second language (L2); however, the scarcity of L2 AoA ratings has limited …

We explored the role of age of acquisition in picture naming with a group of unbalanced, late
bilinguals and a group of monolinguals. We hypothesised that we would find effects of L2 …

The present study aimed at distinguishing processing of early learned L2 words from late
ones for Chinese natives who learn English as a foreign language. Specifically, we …