In natural language, evidence suggests that, while some rules are productive (regular), applying broadly to new words, others are restricted to a specific set of lexical items (irregular). Further, the literature suggests ...

The declarative/ procedural (DP) model (Ullman, 2004), a neurocognitive model, posits that for late-learned second languages (L2s), both lexicon and grammar initially depend on declarative memory. With increased exposure, ...

L2 learners must employ selective attention minimally to isolate linguistic features in input to be able to take them in. Based on previous theoretical postulations and empirical research, Leow (forthcoming) postulates ...

Attentional models in SLA (e.g., Schmidt, 1990; Robinson, 1995b) propose a crucial role for awareness in L2 learning, and suggest that awareness allows for encoding in episodic memory. In cognitive psychology, Tulving ...

Second language acquisition (SLA) researchers have a long-standing interest in the effectiveness of providing learners with conscious knowledge (CK) through explicit instruction (e.g., Sanz & Morgan-Short, 2004); however, ...

Although spoken word recognition is more fundamental to human communication than text recognition, knowledge of word-processing in auditory cortex is comparatively impoverished. This dissertation synthesizes current models ...

This study investigated bilingual advantages at additional languages learning by comparing early, highly proficient bilinguals to monolinguals' learning of an additional language in adulthood. The study used both behavioral ...

In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in the relationship between second language (L2) learning and linguistic relativity. As a result, research has been prolific in investigating (a) whether bilinguals ...

Universals in natural language have long been a focus of the generative syntactic and typological literature. However, the source of these universals is not clear. Within Chomskyan generative syntactic literature, it is ...