A5082691268- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Language Development and Disorders
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Text Readability and Simplification
Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate
2024
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2022-2024
University of Edinburgh
2021-2024
Abstract Herein, we contextualize, problematize, and offer some insights for moving beyond the problem of monolingual comparative normativity in (psycho) linguistic research on bilingualism. We argue that, vast majority cases, juxtaposing (functional) monolinguals to bilinguals fails what comparison is supposedly intended do: meet standards empirical control line with scientific method. Instead, default nature has historically contributed inequalities many facets bilingualism continues...
Abstract Previous research suggests that child HSs’ performance in offline linguistic tasks is typically worse than their age-matched monolingual peers and modulated by child-level factors. This study examined the comprehension production of three Mandarin non-canonical structures 5- to 9-year-old Mandarin–English heritage children Mandarin-speaking children, including an online processing task. Results showed had different across compared monolinguals. In processing, they sensitivity cues...
Mandarin sortal classifiers simultaneously encode semantic and grammatical form class cues. Building on a second language (L2) study of Grüter et al. we used the same visual world eye-tracking experiment, designed to examine relative use two cues, testing heritage speakers (HSs) living in an English-speaking environment. Given importance understanding individual differences, present also examined if/how HSs may systematically differ as function experience with Mandarin. As group, – like...
Abstract Across languages, structures with non-canonical word order have been shown to be problematic for both child and adult heritage speakers. To investigate the linguistic child-level factors that modulate speakers’ difficulties orders, we examined comprehension production of three Mandarin in 5- 9-year-old Mandarin-English children compared them age-matched Mandarin-speaking monolingual adults. Specifically, how properties, such as linear order, presence or absence morphosyntactic cues,...
The present study aimed to investigate what language experience and/or linguistic factors underlie individual differences during (Spanish) heritage sentence processing. Focusing grammatical gender agreement where morphological markedness was manipulated, a grammaticality judgement task with electroencephalography (EEG) adopted. A biphasic N400/P600 effect attested for sentences violations at the group level. At level, formal instruction in and more exposure use of Spanish led increased N400...
Multilingualism has been demonstrated to lead a more favorable trajectory of neurocognitive aging, yet our understanding its effect on neurocognition across the lifespan remains limited. We collected resting state EEG recordings from sample multilingual individuals wide age range. Additionally, we obtained data participant language use patterns alongside other known lifestyle enrichment factors. Language experience was operationalized via modified diversity (MLD) score. Generalized additive...
Bilingualism has been demonstrated to lead a more favorable trajectory of neurocognitive aging, yet our understanding its effects on neurocognition across the lifespan remains limited. Here, we collected resting state EEG recordings from sample bi-/multilingual individuals wide age range. Additionally, obtained data participant language background and bilingual use patterns. Language experience was operationalized via modified multilingual diversity (MLD) score, an entropy-based continuous...
Abstract In line with emerging trends examining sentence processing in heritage language (HL) bilingualism and adopting an individual differences approach, the present study investigated role of prediction lexical interference 68 Russian HL bilinguals North America. The former was by how processed sentences semantically constraining verbs, whereas latter assessed contextually globally irrelevant but locally coherent color word information is processed. findings revealed that, as a group,...
The present study investigated whether children's difficulty with non-canonical structures is due to their non-adult-like use of linguistic cues or inability revise misinterpretations using late-arriving cues. We adopted a priming production task and self-paced listening picture verification, included three Mandarin differing word orders the presence absence morphosyntactic Forty five-to-ten-year-old Mandarin-speaking children were tested compared adults. Results showed that...