Meta-analysis reveals a bilingual advantage that is dependent on task and age

AT Ware, M Kirkovski, JAG Lum - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Debate continues on whether a bilingual advantage exists with respect to executive
functioning. This report synthesized the results of 170 studies to test whether the bilingual …

How different code-switching types modulate bilinguals' executive functions: A dual control mode perspective

J Hofweber, T Marinis, J Treffers-Daller - Bilingualism: Language and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Most existing studies on the relationship between code-switching and executive functions
have focused on experimentally induced language-switching, which differs fundamentally …

Metaphorical language processing and amygdala activation in L1 and L2

FMM Citron, N Michaelis, AE Goldberg - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study aims to investigate the neural correlates of processing conventional
figurative language in non-native speakers in a comparison with native speakers. Italian …

Towards best practices for leveraging human language processing signals for natural language processing

N Hollenstein, M Barrett, L Beinborn - Proceedings of the second …, 2020 - aclanthology.org
NLP models are imperfect and lack intricate capabilities that humans access automatically
when processing speech or reading a text. Human language processing data can be …

The effect of second-language vocabulary on word retrieval in the native language

E Higby, S Donnelly, J Yoon, LK Obler - Bilingualism: Language and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
When bilinguals produce words in one language, their translation equivalents in the other
language are thought to be activated as well. A common assumption is that this parallel co …

[PDF][PDF] Signs activate their written word translation in deaf adults: An ERP study on cross-modal co-activation in German Sign Language

J Hosemann, N Mani, A Herrmann… - …, 2020 - madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de
Since signs and words are perceived and produced in distinct sensory-motor systems, they
do not share a phonological basis. Nevertheless, many deaf bilinguals master a spoken …

[HTML][HTML] Losing access to the second language and its effect on executive function development in childhood: The case of'returnees'

M Kubota, N Chevalier, A Sorace - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examined how relative language proficiency and exposure influence the
development of executive function (EF) in 7–12 year-old bilingual 'returnee'children …

The temporal dynamics of first and second language processing: ERPs to spoken words in Mandarin-English bilinguals

J Xue, B Li, R Yan, JR Gruen, T Feng, MF Joanisse… - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
The dynamics of bilingual spoken word recognition remain poorly characterized, especially
for individuals who speak two languages that are highly dissimilar in their phonological and …

Do bilinguals represent between-language relationships beyond the word level in their lexicon?

T Zeng, HP Branigan, MJ Pickering - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2020 - Elsevier
There is much evidence that the bilingual lexicon is well integrated at the level of individual
words. In this article, we propose that it is also integrated at the multiword phrase (MWP) …

The impact of bilingualism on skills development and education

CY Wu, BA O'Brien, SJ Styles, SHA Chen - Transforming Teaching and …, 2020 - Springer
The diverse language profiles of learners have posed a critical challenge for education in
many multilingual societies. Here we proposed a systematic research framework to address …