• Monolingual comparative normativity in bilingualism research is out of “control”: Arguments and alternatives 

      Rothman, Jason; Bayram, Fatih; DeLuca, Vincent; Di Pisa, Grazia; Dunabeitia, Jon Andoni; Gharibi, Khadij; Hao, Jiuzhou; Kolb, Nadine; Kubota, Maki; Kupisch, Tanja; Laméris, Tim; Luque, Alicia; van Osch, Brechje; Soares, Sergio Miguel Pereira; Prystauka, Yanina; Tat, Deniz; Tomic, Aleksandra; Voits, Toms; Wulff, Stefanie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Herein, we contextualize, problematize and offer some insights for moving beyond the problem of monolingual comparative normativity in (psycho)linguistic research on bilingualism. We argue that, in the vast majority of cases, juxtaposing (functional) monolinguals to bilinguals fails to offer what the comparison is supposedly intended to do: meet the standards of empirical control in line with ...
    • On the phantom-like appearance of bilingualism effects on cognition: (How) should we proceed? 

      Leivada, Evelina; Dunabeitia, Jon Andoni; Westergaard, Marit; Rothman, Jason (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Numerous studies have argued that bilingualism has effects on cognitive functions. Recently, in light of increasingly mixed empirical results, this claim has been challenged. One might ponder if there is enough evidence to justify a cessation to future research on the topic or, alternatively, how the field could proceed to better understand the phantom-like appearance of bilingual effects. Herein, ...