Working with working memory and language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11655681 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Sharwood Smith (0000-0002-7477-8283, Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt University, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 291-297 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Second language Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0267658317719315 |
| OpenAlex | W2760589517 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
Working memory is generally understood to refer to a limited storage facility for information temporarily needed during online processing. It figures with increasing frequency both in studies on second language development and more widely in research on bilingual and multilingual acquisition and attrition studies. The importance of the concept to our understanding justifies the appearance of this special issue, in which both general and specifically second language (L2) oriented topics related to working memory are discussed. Unsurprisingly, working memory is a theoretical concept that remains subject to controversy since we still have much to learn about how the mind and brain work. Many researchers do not do research that focuses on the nature of memory itself but at the same time still rely on the concept and the various types of related measures that have been developed in psychology for their own investigations: for these researchers, it is still important to keep abreast of developments in memory research both within and beyond their own area
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Linguistics · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Second-language acquisition · Subject (documents · Working memory · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
Models of Working Memory
Working memory constraints on the processing of syntactic ambiguity
Word length and the structure of short-term memory
The Modularity of Mind
Modularity, working memory and language acquisition
Longitudinal effects of working memory on L2 grammar and reading abilities
Bilingualism and working memory capacity
Modularity, working memory, and second language acquisition
Working memory effects on L1 and L2 processing of ambiguous relative clauses by Korean L2 learners of English
What limits working memory capacity
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |