All second language learners have one thing in common: knowledge of a first language.
This chapter focuses on the neurocognitive effects of learning a second language based on�…

The effect of first language transfer on second language acquisition and learning has been a
major theoretical concept in second language research and pedagogy since the 1950s. In�…

Is acquiring a third language the same as acquiring a second? Are all instances of non-
native language acquisition simply one and the same? In this first book-length study of the�…

It is always difficult to convince colleagues in the field of neuroscience, including
neurocognitive approaches to second language acquisition (SLA), to write pieces like this�…

This chapter explores the neurocognition of crosslinguistic influence (CLI) of language (s)
that have been learned on a language to be learned. It focuses on both facilitative�…

This chapter provides an overview of the role of learning context in second language (L2)
neurocognition. It begins by addressing what, if any, predictions the theoretical perspectives�…

The transfer of linguistic knowledge between learners' languages is neither a new nor a
newly researched phenomenon. Adams, Janse, and Swain (2002) point to writings from the�…

The L2 mental lexicon used to be widely seen as qualitatively different from the L1 mental
lexicon in terms of the respective roles of form and meaning, and, by implication, quite�…

A cogent, freshly written synthesis of new and classic work on crosslinguistic influence, or
language transfer, this book is an authoritative account of transfer in second-language�…

Studies about bilingualism and second language acquisition have a long tradition within
linguistic and psycholinguistic research. With the global population becoming more and�…