A goal of second language (L2) learning is to enable learners to understand and speak L2
words without mediation through the first language (L1). However, psycholinguistic research …

A well-known asymmetry exists in the bilingual masked priming literature in which lexical
decision is used: namely, masked primes in the dominant language (L1) facilitate decision …

In three experiments we looked at the processing of interlexical homographs by Dutch-
English bilinguals. In Experiment 1 we employed the translation recognition task, a task that …

This book is the final outcome of a research project which went through three stages. The
first stage, which lasted from June 1990 until March 1992 was the Nijmegen stage. During …

This study explored an alternative approach to short essay writing on language assessment
tasks. Thirty‐nine intermediate learners of French performed 2 essay writing tasks: writing …

Second language research has tended to concentrate on differences, as they are
manifested in linguistic variation of numerous kinds, rather than on similarities. To the …

In this paper, I argue that current approaches to modeling of concepts in bilingual memory
privilege word representation at the expense of concept representation. I identify four …

A large body of empirical research, accumulated over the last twenty years, has set the
foundations for a generic model of word comprehension in relatively fluent bilinguals (the …

In this study, the authors examined the relationship between paradigmatic and syntagmatic
word knowledge. The authors used familiar concrete nouns administered in Spanish and …

The present study investigated developmental changes in lexical production skills in early
sequential bilinguals, in both Spanish (L1) and English (L2), exploring the effects of age …