A Critical Review of ERP and fMRI Evidence on L2 Syntactic Processing

Autor/in	Kotz, Sonja A.
Titel	A Critical Review of ERP and fMRI Evidence on L2 Syntactic Processing
Quelle	In: Brain and Language, 109 (2009) 2-3, S.68-74 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0093-934X
DOI	10.1016/j.bandl.2008.06.002
Schlagwörter	Brain; Neurological Organization; Second Languages; Syntax; Language Processing; Language Proficiency; Influences; Transfer of Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gehirn; Second language; Zweitsprache; Sprachverarbeitung; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung
Abstract	The current review focuses on recent event-related brain potential (ERPs) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in L2 syntactic processing data. To this end, critical factors influencing both the dynamics of neural mechanisms (ERPs) and critical functional brain correlates (fMRI) are discussed. These entail the critical period hypothesis, levels of proficiency, cross-linguistic syntactic similarities and dissimilarities as well as brain bases that may or may not be shared during syntactic processing in a first (L1) and a second (L2) language. The data to date reveal that (i) the critical period hypothesis plays less of a significant role than initially discussed, (ii) L2 proficiency is a driving factor influencing peak and extent of activation in brain correlates and in neurophysiological mechanisms as a function of learning, and (iii) language transfer effects (i.e., positive transfer effects when L1 and L2 are structurally similar or negative transfer effects when L1 and L2 are structurally dissimilar) primarily from the L1 to the L2 and potentially vice versa need to be critically considered in future research. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10