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Contributions to the Functional Neuroanatomy of Morphosyntactic Processing in L2
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De Diego-Balaguer, Ruth; Rodriguez-Fornells, Antoni – Language Learning, 2010
Studies about bilingualism and second language acquisition (SLA) have a long tradition within linguistic and psycholinguistic research. The contributions from psycholinguistic research are crucial to the improvement of neurolinguistic models. This importance stems from the fact that psycholinguistic research is posing more specific questions than…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Language Processing
A Superficial Resemblance Does not Necessarily Mean You are Part of the Family: Counterarguments to Coulson, King and Kutas (1998) in the P600/SPS-P300 Debate.
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Osterhout, Lee; Hagoort, Peter – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1999
Responds to previous studies on the relationship between event-related brain potential (ERP) responses to linguistic syntactic anomalies and domain-general unexpected events. After reviewing relevant data, this paper concludes that the ERP response to syntactic anomalies is at least partially distinct from the ERP response to unexpected anomalies…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Processing, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics
Native Language and Foreign Language Acquisition. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Volume 379.
Winitz, Harris, Ed. – 1981
Papers are presented from a conference that dealt with the similarities and differences between first and second language learning, ways of assessing the relationships, methodological procedures, and implications for development of procedures for teaching language handicapped children. The papers are presented under the following headings: (1)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Universals
Connectionism: Explanation or Implementation?
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Fantuzzi, Cheryl – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1992
Discusses the role connectionism plays in the development of cognitive theories and in the explanation of linguistic phenomena inherent in second language acquisition (SLA). Presents a critical look at some existing connectionist models of language functions with a focus on the need for a general cognitive model of SLA that integrates research in…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Educational Environment