Temporal dynamics of late second language acquisition
Evidence from event-related brain potentials
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11655754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karsten Steinhauer (0000-0002-7034-4082, McGill University, corresponding author), Erin J White (McGill University), John E Drury (McGill University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-41 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0267658308098995 |
| OpenAlex | W2170929445 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 58 |
| References cited | 65 |
The ways in which age of acquisition (AoA) may affect (morpho)syntax in second language acquisition (SLA) are discussed. We suggest that event-related brain potentials (ERPs) provide an appropriate online measure to test some such effects. ERP findings of the past decade are reviewed with a focus on recent and ongoing research. It is concluded that, in contrast to previous suggestions, there is little evidence for a strict critical period in the domain of late acquired second language (L2) morphosyntax. As illustrated by data from our lab and others, proficiency rather than AoA seems to predict brain activity patterns in L2 processing, including native-like activity at very high levels of proficiency. Further, a strict distinction between linguistic structures that late L2 learners can vs. cannot learn to process in a native-like manner (Clahsen and Felser, 2006a; 2006b) may not be warranted. Instead, morphosyntactic real-time processing in general seems to undergo dramatic, but systematic, changes with increasing proficiency levels. We describe the general dynamics of these changes (and the corresponding ERP components) and discuss how ERP research can advance our current understanding of SLA in general
Affect (linguistics · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Contrast (vision · Event-related potential · Focus (optics · Language acquisition · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Second-language acquisition · Syntax · Communication · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
What bilingualism demands
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Foreign Accent
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Variability in native and nonnative language
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From the laboratory to the classroom
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Processing syntactic violations in the non-native language
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Neurolinguistics and second language teaching
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ERP sensitivity to subcategorization violations in L2 learners
The interplay of individual differences and context of learning in behavioral and neurocognitive second language development
Chunking ability predicts online sensitivity to L2 morphosyntax
Morphosyntactic processing in advanced second language (L2) learners
Sensitivity to Regular and Irregular Past Tense Morphology in Native Speakers and Second Language Learners of English
Input Training Matters in L2 Syntactic Representation Entrenchment
Does Second Language Experience Modulate Perception of Tones in a Third Language
Vocal Learning and Behaviors in Birds and Human Bilinguals
Influence of Second Language Proficiency and Syntactic Structure Similarities on the Sensitivity and Processing of English Passive Sentence in Late Chinese-English Bilinguists
Second Language Acquisition of Gender Agreement in Explicit and Implicit Training Conditions
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Brain Plasticity in Adulthood-ERP Evidence for L1-attrition in Lexicon and Morphosyntax After Predominant L2 Use
Verbal Inflectional Morphology in L1 and L2 Spanish
An Event-Related Potential (ERP) Investigation of Filler-Gap Processing in Native and Second Language Speakers
Chinese Learners of English Are Conceptually Blind to Temporal Differences Conveyed by Tense
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Brain Potentials Reveal Discrete Stages of L2 Grammatical Learning
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Critical Evidence
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Event-related brain potentials elicited by syntactic anomaly
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L2 in a Nutshell
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
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