L2 Vocabulary: The interface between learning and representation
Edited by Joe Barcroft and Gretchen L. Sunderman
Special issue of The Mental Lexicon 3:3 (2008) 177 pp.
Gretchen L. Sunderman
List of John Benjamins publications for which Gretchen L. Sunderman plays a role.
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Subjects Computational & corpus linguistics | Multilingualism | Neurolinguistics | Psycholinguistics | Semantics
Articles
2024 Subject pronouns in Spanish-English code-switching: A test of two models Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 14:3, pp. 310–339 | Article
While the Minimalist Program argues that Spanish-English code-switches between pronominal subjects and finite verbs are ungrammatical (Van Gelderen & MacSwan, 2008), the MLF/4-M models (Myers-Scotton, 1993; Myers-Scotton & Jake, 2000) predict their grammaticality when overt pronouns are… read more
2016 Methodological implications of working memory tasks for L2 processing research Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Processing and Acquisition, Granena, Gisela, Daniel O. Jackson and Yucel Yilmaz (eds.), pp. 89–104 | Chapter
A growing body of research within cognitive perspectives of second language acquisition (SLA) has investigated how individual differences in working memory (WM) capacity may impact second language (L2) processes. Many of these studies have employed versions of complex span measures, such as the… read more
2013 Chapter 12. Lexical access in bilinguals and second language learners Innovative Research and Practices in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism, Schwieter, John W. (ed.), pp. 267–286 | Article
In this chapter, a theoretical account of non-selectivity effects in word recognition with a particular emphasis on the second language (L2) learner is described. Non-selectivity is the idea that lexical items from both languages are activated simultaneously. The focus is on how L2 learners and… read more
2011 Chapter 3. Some costs of fooling Mother Nature: A priming study on the Keyword Method and the quality of developing L2 lexical representations Applying priming methods to L2 learning, teaching and research: Insights from Psycholinguistics, Trofimovich, Pavel and Kim McDonough (eds.), pp. 49–72 | Article
This study compared the effects of the Keyword Method and rote rehearsal on the quality of developing second language (L2) lexical representations. We assessed accuracy and latency of English-to-Spanish translations provided by English-speaking absolute beginning learners of Spanish after each of… read more
2011 Inhibitory control processes and lexical access in trilingual speech production Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 1:4, pp. 391–412 | Article
This study tests whether or not trilingual language learners rely on inhibitory control (IC) when accessing words during speech production. In particular, it investigates the extent to which second language (L2) and third language (L3) lexical robustness modulates such reliance. English language… read more
2011 Chapter 10. Conceptual mediation in second language learners: Evidence from false memories Applying priming methods to L2 learning, teaching and research: Insights from Psycholinguistics, Trofimovich, Pavel and Kim McDonough (eds.), pp. 219–237 | Article
The following study uses a bilingual version of the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) false memory paradigm (Deese 1959; Roediger & McDermott 1995) to investigate conceptual mediation in second language (L2) learners. In this paradigm, participants are exposed to a list of words (e.g. bed, rest,… read more
2008 Learning new words for objects and nonobjects: Theoretical and methodological implications L2 Vocabulary: The interface between learning and representation, Barcroft, Joe and Gretchen L. Sunderman (eds.), pp. 325–348 | Article
In this study we compared second language (L2) vocabulary learning with real objects versus nonobjects as referents (a) to test the effects of increased semantic processing (when learning nonobjects) and (b) to assess the viability of using L2 vocabulary learning with nonobjects (which forces… read more
2008 Introduction: Bringing together the how and the what of the bilingual mental lexicon L2 Vocabulary: The interface between learning and representation, Barcroft, Joe and Gretchen L. Sunderman (eds.), pp. 279–288 | Article
2008 Language switching in bilingual speech production: In search of the language-specific selection mechanism The Mental Lexicon 3:2, pp. 214–238 | Article
Recent research on language production suggests that bilinguals shift from using inhibitory control mechanisms to a language-specific selective mechanism during development (Costa, Santesteban, & Ivanova, 2006). Costa et al. argue that the robustness of the L2 lexical representations may be… read more