The use of two or more languages is common in most of the world. Yet, until recently,
bilingualism was considered to be a complicating factor for language processing, cognition …

Repetition is a central phenomenon of behavior, and researchers have made extensive use
of it to illuminate psychological functioning. In the language sciences, a ubiquitous form of …

When we read or listen to language, we are faced with the challenge of inferring intended
messages from noisy input. This challenge is exacerbated by considerable variability …

This paper investigates the role of resource allocation as a source of processing difficulty in
human sentence comprehension. The paper proposes a simple information-theoretic …

The ability to process the linguistic input in real time is crucial for successfully acquiring a
language, and yet little is known about how language learners comprehend or produce …

There is ample evidence that native speakers anticipate upcoming information at various
levels during sentence comprehension. In contrast, some studies on late second-language …

This new book, Processing Instruction: Theory, Research, and Commentary, edited by Bill
VanPatten--a pioneer in processing instruction (PI)--is a refreshing presentation of 10 …

Without a doubt, second language acquisition (SLA) is complex. It is complex for at least two
reasons. It involves the acquisition of a complex implicit linguistic system consisting of lexical …

An eye tracking experiment examined how exposure to a second language (L2) influences
sentence parsing in the first language. Forty-four monolingual Spanish speakers, 24 …

To contribute to a better understanding of second language (L2) sentence processing, the
present study examines how L2 learners parse temporarily ambiguous sentences …