Effects of second language on cognition in English users of L2 Japanese
(2011) In Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics 8. p.13-27- Abstract
- It is now established that certain cognitive processes such as categorisation are tightly linked to the concepts encoded in language. Recent studies have shown that bilinguals with languages that differ in their concepts may show a shift in their cognition towards the L2 pattern primarily as a function of their L2 proficiency. This research has so far focused predominantly on L2 users who started learning the L2 in childhood or early puberty. The current study asks whether similar effects can be found in adult L2 learners. English speakers of L2 Japanese were given an object classification task involving real physical objects, and an online classification task involving artificial novel... (More)
- It is now established that certain cognitive processes such as categorisation are tightly linked to the concepts encoded in language. Recent studies have shown that bilinguals with languages that differ in their concepts may show a shift in their cognition towards the L2 pattern primarily as a function of their L2 proficiency. This research has so far focused predominantly on L2 users who started learning the L2 in childhood or early puberty. The current study asks whether similar effects can be found in adult L2 learners. English speakers of L2 Japanese were given an object classification task involving real physical objects, and an online classification task involving artificial novel objects. Results showed a shift towards the L2 pattern, indicating that some degree of cognitive plasticity exists even when a second language is acquired later in life. These results have implications for theories of L2 acquisition and bilingualism, and contribute towards our understanding of the nature of the relationship between language and cognition in the L2 user’s mind. (Less)
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- Athanasopoulos, Panos LU and Kasai, Chise
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- 2011
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- Contribution to journal
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- keywords
- Linguistic relativity, second language acquisition, Triads matching task, Object categorization, L2 Japanese
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- Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics
- volume
- 8
- pages
- 16 pages
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- Universidade de Vigo, Faculty of Science
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- scopus:79952718213
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- 1697-0381
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- English
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abstract = {{It is now established that certain cognitive processes such as categorisation are tightly linked to the concepts encoded in language. Recent studies have shown that bilinguals with languages that differ in their concepts may show a shift in their cognition towards the L2 pattern primarily as a function of their L2 proficiency. This research has so far focused predominantly on L2 users who started learning the L2 in childhood or early puberty. The current study asks whether similar effects can be found in adult L2 learners. English speakers of L2 Japanese were given an object classification task involving real physical objects, and an online classification task involving artificial novel objects. Results showed a shift towards the L2 pattern, indicating that some degree of cognitive plasticity exists even when a second language is acquired later in life. These results have implications for theories of L2 acquisition and bilingualism, and contribute towards our understanding of the nature of the relationship between language and cognition in the L2 user’s mind.}},
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language = {{eng}},
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publisher = {{Universidade de Vigo, Faculty of Science}},
series = {{Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics}},
title = {{Effects of second language on cognition in English users of L2 Japanese}},
url = {{https://revistas.uvigo.es/index.php/vial/article/view/39}},
volume = {{8}},
year = {{2011}},
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