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A Complementary Systems Account of Word Learning in L1 and L2

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ID4502247
AuthorsShane Lindsay (0000-0002-0068-3468, University of York, corresponding author), M Gareth Gaskell (0000-0001-8325-1427, University of York)
Year2010
Volume60
Issues2
Pages45-63
Publication date2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00600.x
OpenAlexW2138996636
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited49

We review a body of behavioral and neuroimaging research relating to the acquisition and integration of novel words. An important outcome from this research is that different aspects of knowledge associated with learning a new word become established over different time scales. We suggest that the temporal dissociations found in word learning are due to the application of and interaction between complementary learning systems in the brain, with rapidly acquired episodic representations stored via the medial temporal lobes and slower learning supported by neocortical systems. We discuss the implications of this model for understanding the earliest stages of learning a novel word and for learning words in a second language

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Neuroimaging · Vocabulary · Word (group theory) · Word learning · Child and Animal Learning Development · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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