The power paradox in bilingualism
Weighing what we gain and what we lose by espousing and eschewing hypotheses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21201853 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tania Leal Méndez (0000-0001-9653-3191, University of Arizona), Elena Shimanskaya (0000-0002-4534-6772, University of Nevada, Reno) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-89 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1879-9264 • E-ISSN: 1879-9272 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/lab.23052.lea |
| OpenAlex | W4391450578 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
Central to Lohndal and Putnam's proposal (2024; hence L&P) is a foundational goal underlying generative L2/Ln acquisition (GenSLA) research: to model language architecture. L&P answer calls to encourage research with bilinguals to advance linguistic theory (e.g., L&P do not put forth new mechanisms for explaining the acquisition of languages beyond the first; they call for a shift in perspective, namely, to make the theoretical machinery "as slim and explanatory as possible" (p. 2). In their view, this means eschewing the Feature Reassembly Hypothesis (FRH
Neuroscience of multilingualism · Physics · Quantum mechanics · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Neuroscience · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
We Have Moved On
The importance of features and exponents
The Tale of Two Lexicons
Some thoughts on the contrastive analysis of features in second language acquisition
Feature Matching Does Not Equal Convergence
Heritage languages and their speakers
The Interpretability Hypothesis
On the Role of Input in Second Language Acquisition
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |