Where does the delay in L2 picture naming come from? Psycholinguistic and neurocognitive evidence on second language word production
- 1 August 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Language and Cognitive Processes
- Vol. 26 (7), 902-934
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01690965.2010.509946
Abstract
Bilinguals are slower when naming a picture in their second language than when naming it in their first language. Although the phenomenon has been frequently replicated, it is not known what causes the delay in the second language. In this article we discuss at what processing stages a delay might arise according to current models of bilingual processing and how the available behavioural and neurocognitive evidence relates to these proposals. Suggested plausible mechanisms, such as frequency or interference effects, are compatible with a naming delay arising at different processing stages. Haemodynamic and electrophysiological data seem to point to a postlexical stage but are still too scarce to support a definite conclusion.Keywords
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