Julia Hofweber

Biographic Data

ID1692322
NAMEJulia Hofweber
GIVEN NAMESJulia
FAMILY NAMEHofweber
SIGNATUREHOFWEBER J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity College London
ORCID0000-0001-5097-6595
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Metaphors we learn to sign by

    Open AccessJulia Hofweber, Lizzie Aumônier et al.ARTICLEBrain and Language2026

    Our study investigated metaphor inferencing in second languages (L2). According to universalist accounts, L2 metaphor comprehension should be intuitive. However, cross-linguistic differences suggest that successful metaphor inferencing is subject to transfer effects. Little is known about the interaction of transfer effects involving modality differences in the context of sign languages. We investigated whether existing sign language expertise en…

  • Literature and second language vocabulary learning

    Open AccessSuzanne Graham, Pengchong Zhang et al.ARTICLEModern Language Journal2024

    This study considers the relative benefits for vocabulary learning of exposure to two types of texts—literary or nonliterary—used with two teaching approaches. These approaches were termed functional and creative , respectively. In the former, learners’ attention was drawn to factual information and linguistic features in order to develop their linguistic knowledge. In the latter, the aim was to stimulate learners’ personal and emotional response…

  • From gesture to Sign? An exploration of the effects of communicative pressure, interaction, and time on the process of conventionalisation

    Open AccessVikki Janke, Lizzy Aumônier et al.ARTICLELinguistics2024References: 39

    This study explored how non-signers exploit their gestural repertoire during a process of handshape conventionalisation. We examined how communicative context, interaction, and time affect the transition from iconically motivated representations to linguistically organised, generalised forms. One hundred non-signers undertook a silent gesture-elicitation task, describing pictures in one of four conditions: (A) in isolation; (B) with a passive rec…

  • What Sentence Repetition Tasks Can Reveal about the Processing Effort Associated with Different Types of Code-Switching

    Open AccessJulia Hofweber, Theodoros MarinisARTICLELanguages2023Cited by: 1References: 35

    In this study, we explored the linguistic consolidation processes associated with bilingual processing using an experimental paradigm novel in bilingualism research, i.e., sentence repetition. We tested 46 L1-German L2-English bilinguals immersed in the L2 context. Firstly, we compared participants' sentence repetition accuracy in single-language sentences and in sentences involving code-switches. Secondly, we investigated the processing cost ass…

  • Challenging Basic Assumptions in Code-Switching Research

    Open AccessJulia Hofweber, Julia Elisabeth Hofweber et al.ARTICLELanguages2023Cited by: 2References: 25

    The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together research evidence from studies into code-switching, that is, the alternation and mixing of languages as practiced on a daily basis by bilinguals throughout the world

  • Which Aspects of Visual Motivation Aid the Implicit Learning of Signs at First Exposure

    Open AccessJulia Hofweber, Lizzy Aumônier et al.ARTICLELanguage Learning2023Cited by: 3References: 41

    We investigated whether sign-naïve learners can infer and learn the meaning of signs after minimal exposure to continuous, naturalistic input in the form of a weather forecast in Swedish Sign Language. Participants were L1-English adults. Two experimental groups watched the forecast once (n = 40) or twice (n = 42); a control group did not (n = 42). Participants were then asked to assign meaning to 22 target signs. We explored predictors of meanin…

  • Evidence for executive function advantages in low SES bilingual children. But why do they arise? A commentary on Grote, Scott and Gilger (2021)

    Open AccessJulia HofweberARTICLEFirst Language2021

    In a study comparing executive functions among US Spanish-English bilinguals from low socio-economic (SES) backgrounds to monolinguals of each language, Grote et al. find that bilingual advantages already manifest themselves in pre-school children. This commentary recommends building on this finding, and further investigate the causes underlying the observed executive function (EF) modulations in child bilingualism. A closer investigation of bili…

  • How different code-switching types modulate bilinguals’ executive functions

    Open AccessJulia Hofweber, Theodoros Marinis et al.ARTICLEBilingualism Language and Cognition2020

    Most existing studies on the relationship between code-switching and executive functions have focused on experimentally induced language-switching, which differs fundamentally from naturalistic code-switching. This study investigated whether and how bilinguals’ code-switching practices modulate different aspects of executive functioning. Our findings suggest that existing processing models of code-switching should be extended by a dual control mo…

  • Effects of dense code-switching on executive control

    Julia Hofweber, Theodoros Marinis et al.ARTICLELinguistic Approaches to…2016

    Bilingualism is reported to re-structure executive control networks, but it remains unknown which aspects of the bilingual experience cause this modulation. This study explores the impact of three code-switching types on executive functions: (1) alternation , (2) insertion , and (3) dense code-switching or congruent lexicalisation . Current models hypothesise that different code-switching types challenge different aspects of the executive system …