Beyond Transfer: Language Processing in Bilinguals Is Shaped by Competition and Regulation
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| Title: | Beyond Transfer: Language Processing in Bilinguals Is Shaped by Competition and Regulation |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Judith F. Kroll (ORCID |
| Source: | Language Teaching Research Quarterly. 2024 44:55-70. |
| Availability: | European Knowledge Development (EUROKD). e-mail: editorial@eurokd.com; Web site: https://www.eurokd.com/journal/jd/1 |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Science Foundation (NSF), Office of International Science & Engineering (OISE) National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contract Number: | 1545900 2341555 NRT2125865 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Information Analyses |
| Descriptors: | Transfer of Training, Bilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Psycholinguistics, Language Processing, Interference (Language), Age Differences, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory |
| ISSN: | 2667-6753 |
| Abstract: | In the history of psycholinguistics, there are traditional accounts that have been told about language learning and processing. These accounts revolve around the constraints imposed by the age of language learning and by universal principles that are assumed to be natively given. The contribution of Brian MacWhinney and his collaborators has been to challenge the fundamental principles on which these traditional accounts rest. By taking an emergentist approach that assumes that variation in learning will better inform foundational mechanisms than fixed constraints, they shifted the focus from language development in monolingual speakers to a broader consideration of cross-linguistic and cross-language contexts. We have been beneficiaries of this shift. In this paper, we describe research on bilingualism that examines two key mechanisms within the MacWhinney framework: Competition and transfer. We argue that what we have learned about bilingual language processing supports the central role of competition and its broad consequences. We claim that one of these consequences has been to reframe questions of transfer to consider the requirement that bilingual speakers regulate their two languages. The dynamic nature of cross-language interactions across languages and across varied language environments reflects the deep plasticity associated with language and its cognitive and neural bases. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1457274 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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