Longitudinal evidence for simultaneous bilingual language development with shifting language dominance, and how to explain it

GM Oppenheim, Z Griffin, ED Peña… - Language …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Theories of how language works have shifted from rule‐like competence accounts to more
skill‐like incremental learning accounts. Under these, people acquire language …

Multilingual advantages: On the relationship between type of bilingualism and language knowledge

P Siemund, E Lorenz - Multifaceted Multilingualism, 2024 - degruyter.com
In this contribution, we provide a critical reassessment of multilingual advantages, especially
in the context of learning additional languages. Although there is widespread agreement …

Overt and null subjects in Bulgarian: comparing monolingual adults and children to child heritage speakers in Germany in their use of Bulgarian

D Genevska-Hanke, C Hamann - The Language Learning Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the use of overt and null subjects in Bulgarian in child heritage
speakers with L2 German. The alternation of overt and null pronominal subjects in null …

Language dominance and sociolinguistic experience are related to language control and domain-general monitoring control: An investigation in bilinguals who live in …

R Wu, E Struys - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bilingual language control in production tasks with language switches is supposed to be
linked to domain-general cognitive control. In the present study, we investigated the role of …

The effect of language dominance on classic semantic, action, emotional, and phonemic fluency in unbalanced bilinguals

BPW Lam, J Yoon - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing …, 2023 - pubs.asha.org
Objective: Verbal fluency evaluation in bilingual speakers should include dual-language
assessment to obtain a comprehensive profile of word retrieval abilities. This study is the first …

Experiences of genetic counselors practicing in multiple languages: Progress and places for improvement

B Mitchell, B Bélanger, T Berninger… - Journal of Genetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As awareness of the value of genetic counseling services increases, there has been greater
recognition of the need to diversify service delivery into different languages. Studies within …

Unique Patterns of Bilingual Speech: Factors Affecting Disfluency Rates in Russian–Hebrew Bilingual Children

S Fichman, C Adelman, C Altman - Journal of Speech, Language …, 2023 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose: Bilingual children often demonstrate a high rate of disfluencies, which might impact
the diagnostic evaluation of fluency disorders; however, research on the rates and types of …

[PDF][PDF] Depth of vocabulary knowledge in dominant bilingual children with different language profiles: The impact of vocabulary size and verbal working memory

I Dosi, G Siskou, C Dourou - Psychology of Language and …, 2023 - sciendo.com
The current study investigated the depth of vocabulary knowledge (VK) through word
definitions, examining the effect of word characteristics, breadth of VK, and verbal working …

The influence of extralinguistic variables on cross-linguistic influence in contexts of bilingual heritage speakers: A summary of topical research findings

E Lorenz, K Feindt, S Rahbari, P Siemund - Language Development in …, 2022 - Springer
This review contributes to the current debate on cross-linguistic influence in third language
(L3) acquisition in unbalanced bilingual heritage speaker contexts. It compares findings …

Language attrition: A matter of brain plasticity? Some preliminary thoughts

B Köpke - Language, Interaction and Acquisition, 2021 - jbe-platform.com
While it has long been assumed that brain plasticity declines significantly with growing
maturity, recent studies in adult subjects show grey and white matter changes due to …