Neurolinguistic measure of typological effects in multilingual transfer: introducing an ERP methodology

This article has two main objectives. First, we offer an introduction to the subfield of generative third language (L3) acquisition. Concerned primarily with modeling initial stages transfer of morphosyntax, one goal of this program is to show how initial stages L3 data make significant contribution...

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Authors: Rothman, Jason, Alemán Bañón, José, González Alonso, Jorge
Format: article
Publication Date:2015
Country:España
Institution:Universidad del País Vasco
Repository:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/17825
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/17825
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:third language (L3) acquisition
transfer
event-related potentials (ERPs)
agreement
artificial language
event-related potentials
brain potentials
L3 acquisition
2nd-language acquisition
individual-differences
syntatic transfer
gender ageement
number agreement
N400 component
primacy model
PSYCHOLOGY
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Summary:This article has two main objectives. First, we offer an introduction to the subfield of generative third language (L3) acquisition. Concerned primarily with modeling initial stages transfer of morphosyntax, one goal of this program is to show how initial stages L3 data make significant contributions toward a better understanding of how the mind represents language and how (cognitive) economy constrains acquisition processes more generally. Our second objective is to argue for and demonstrate how this subfield will benefit from a neuro/psycholinguistic methodological approach, such as event-related potential experiments, to complement the claims currently made on the basis of exclusively behavioral experiments. Palabras clave