For bilinguals, lexical access in one language may affect, or be affected by, activation of
words in another language. Research to date suggests seemingly contradictory effects of …

In this study we explored factors that determine the knowledge of L2 words with orthographic
neighbours in L1 (cognates and false cognates). We asked 150 Polish learners of English to …

Language switching experience is assumed to have an effect on domain-general control
abilities in bilinguals, but previous studies on the relationship between these two variables …

We explored the acquisition of three types of second language (L2) words in a paired–
associates learning task. Seventy–six Polish participants were presented with 24 nonwords …

To examine the neural signatures of language co-activation and control during bilingual
spoken word comprehension, Korean-English bilinguals and English monolinguals were …

As contacts between nations increase due to economical, political, and technological
developments, so does the importance of being able to speak and understand a different …

In most event-related potential (ERP) studies on the second language (L2) processing, the
native speaker (L1) control group's grand average ERP pattern serves as the 'gold …

Communication is an arena of expression, exchange, and sharing of people's thoughts,
opinions, beliefs, feelings, or attitudes. Two essential, interacting and integral expressive …

Multilinguals have to control their languages constantly to produce accurate verbal output.
They have to inhibit possible lexical competitors not only from the target language, but also …

Bilinguals differ from monolinguals in that they constantly have to manage two languages to
produce and comprehend words in the appropriate language. A central question in …