The Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Second Language Processing
Knowledge Gains From the Past and Future Outlook
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4501628 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet G Van Hell (0000-0002-9561-9564, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | S2 |
| Pages | 95-138 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lang.12601 |
| OpenAlex | W4384823572 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 183 |
The past decades have seen an explosion of research using electrophysiological or neuroimaging techniques for studying the neurocognitive underpinnings of second language (L2) processing. Although this field has a shorter history than does research on language learning more generally, important insights into the neurocognitive basis of L2 processing have driven it to the center stage of language science. In this target article for Language Learning's 75th Jubilee volume, I illustrate the field's impressive achievements by selectively reviewing electrophysiological and neuroimaging research on L2 processing and bilingual brain organization. I also review changing perspectives in the field (including individual difference and experience-based perspectives, neural network approaches, neuroplasticity, and L2-learning related neural changes) and identified challenges, promises, and future directions (revisit native-speaker benchmark, increase linguistic diversity, enhance ecological validity, intensify research on child L2 learners' brain, adopt lifelong approach to L2 learning) that can lead to a better understanding of the neural underpinnings of L2 learning and processing
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Language acquisition · Neurocognitive · Neuroimaging · Psycholinguistics · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
What bilingualism demands
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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Second Language Research
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The cognition of dialect variation
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Dynamic brain reorganization and the role of motivation during the first year of foreign language learning
Species-conceptual word associations
Language, people, classrooms, world
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Understanding the Mechanisms That Allow the Bilingual Mind and Brain to Work in Two Languages
Switching to L2 for emotion expression
The Psychology of the Language Learner
A Neurolinguistic Theory of Bilingualism
Speech and Brain Mechanisms
Grammatical processing in language learners
Bilingual experience and resting-state brain connectivity
Spontaneous fluctuations in brain activity observed with functional magnetic resonance imaging
Explicit and Implicit Second Language Training Differentially Affect the Achievement of Native-like Brain Activation Patterns
The cortical organization of speech processing
Electrophysiological Evidence for Two Steps in Syntactic Analysis
Premises of multi-competence
Distinct cortical areas associated with native and second languages
Grammatical agreement processing in reading
Redefining bilingualism as a spectrum of experiences that differentially affects brain structure and function
Where Is the Semantic System? A Critical Review and Meta-Analysis of 120 Functional Neuroimaging Studies
Measuring bilingualism
Thirty Years and Counting
ERPs reveal individual differences in morphosyntactic processing
Bilingualism as a gradient measure modulates functional connectivity of language and control networks
Plasticity, Variability and Age in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism
Neuroimaging of language control in bilinguals
Over-reliance on English hinders cognitive science
Understanding structural plasticity in the bilingual brain
Bilingual advantages in executive functioning either do not exist or are restricted to very specific and undetermined circumstances
Maturational Constraints on Functional Specializations for Language Processing
Implicit and Explicit Measures of Sensitivity to Violations in Second Language Grammar
Monolingual comparative normativity in bilingualism research is out of “ control ”
The P600 as an index of syntactic integration difficulty
Neuroplasticity as a function of second language learning
Neural correlates of second-language word learning
Critical period effects in second language learning
A complementary systems account of word learning
The Biological Foundations of Language
Event-related Potentials (ERPs) in Second Language Research
Is It Time to Reconsider the ‘Gold Standard’ for Nativelikeness in ERP Studies on Grammatical Processing in a Second Language? A Critical Assessment Based on Qualitative Individual Differences
The Margins of the Language Network in the Brain
Overlapping and distinct neural networks supporting novel word learning in bilinguals and monolinguals
Oscillatory brain dynamics of pronoun processing in native Spanish speakers and in late second language learners of Spanish
Riding the (brain) waves! Using neural oscillations to inform bilingualism research
How does bilingualism modify cognitive function? Attention to the mechanism
Variability in native and nonnative language
Growing Random Forests reveals that exposure and proficiency best account for individual variability in L2 (and L1) brain potentials for syntax and semantics
Research on bilingualism as discovery science
Multilayer networks
Electrophysiological and experimental-behavioral approaches to the study of intra-sentential code-switching
L2 processing of filled gaps
Island sensitivity in L2 learners
The interplay of individual differences and context of learning in behavioral and neurocognitive second language development
Second language processing
Morphosyntactic processing in advanced second language (L2) learners
Temporal dynamics of late second language acquisition
Event-related brain potentials and second language learning
The Quest for Signals in Noise
The Critical Period Hypothesis for L2 Acquisition
The partial availability of Universal Grammar in second language acquisition
Event-related brain potentials elicited by syntactic anomaly
L2 cognitive states and the Full Transfer/Full Access model
Word Order Processing in a Second Language
The Many Shades of Bilingualism
Second Language Acquisition of Gender Agreement in Explicit and Implicit Training Conditions
A Neural Assembly-Based View on Word Production
Individual Differences in L2 Learning and Long-Term L1-L2 Relationships
Computational Modeling of Bilingual Language Learning
Novice Learners, Longitudinal Designs, and Event-Related Potentials
Brain Plasticity in Adulthood-ERP Evidence for L1-attrition in Lexicon and Morphosyntax After Predominant L2 Use
Age Effects in Second Language Learning
Brain Potentials Reveal Discrete Stages of L2 Grammatical Learning
Age of acquisition
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| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |