Second Language Processing

This special issue is comprised of a selection of studies presented at the Language Learning Workshop: Issues on Second Language Processing held in Barcelona, Spain in 2015. Organized by the Center for Brain and Cognition (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and sponsored by the journal Language Learning, the workshop brought together prominent researchers in the field of language processing and bilingualism. Among them were Andrea Weber, María Teresa Bajo, and Narly Golestani. The contributions to this special issue are the result of the very fruitful discussions on various major issues of bilingualism. In particular, the nine articles included in this volume provide the most relevant experimental and theoretical evidence regarding second language learning as well as the linguistic and cognitive consequences of bilingualism across the lifespan. The contributions to this special issue are the result of the very fruitful discussions on various major issues of bilingualism. In particular, the nine articles included in this volume provide the most relevant experimental and theoretical evidence regarding second language learning as well as the linguistic and cognitive consequences of bilingualism across the lifespan.

Foreword 5 Cristina Baus and Albert Costa Second Language Processing: Why Another Special Issue? 7-12 Jean-Remy Hochmann, Alan Langus, and Jacques Mehler An Advantage for Perceptual Edges in Young Infants' Memory for Speech 13-28 Eneko Anton, Guillaume Thierry, Alexander Goborov, Jon Anasagasti, and Jon Andoni Dunabeitia Testing Bilingual Educational Methods: A Plea to End the Language-Mixing Taboo 29-50 Laura Birke Hansen, Pedro Macizo, Jon Andoni Dunabeitia, David Saldana, Manuel Carreiras, Luis J Fuentes, and M Teresa Bajo Emergent Bilingualism and Working Memory Development in School Aged Children 51-75 Evy Woumans, Jill Surmont, Esli Struys, and Wouter Duyck The Longitudinal Effect of Bilingual Immersion Schooling on Cognitive Control and Intelligence 76-91 Kristof Strijkers A Neural Assembly-Based View on Word Production: The Bilingual Test Case 92-131 Wouter P J Broos, Wouter Duyck, and Robert J Hartsuiker Verbal Self-Monitoring in the Second Language 132-154 Natalia Kartushina, Ulrich H Frauenfelder, and Narly Golestani How and When Does the Second Language Influence the Production of Native Speech Sounds: A Literature Review 155-186 Ann-Kathrin Grohe and Andrea Weber Learning to Comprehend Foreign-Accented Speech by Means of Production and Listening Training 187-209 Jasmin Sadat, Rita Pureza, and F.-Xavier Alario Traces of An Early Learned Second Language in Discontinued Bilingualism 210-233 Index 234-236