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norskBlar i forfatter Artikler, rapporter og annet (språk og kultur) "Pereira Soares, Sergio Miguel"
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Bilectal Exposure Modulates Neural Signatures to Conflicting Grammatical Properties: Norway as a Natural Laboratory
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-22)The current study investigated gender (control) and number (target) agreement processing in Northern and non-Northern Norwegians living in Northern Norway. Participants varied in exposure to Northern Norwegian (NN) dialect(s), where number marking differs from most other Norwegian dialects. In a comprehension task involving reading NN dialect writing, P600 effects for number agreement were significantly ... -
Bilingualism is a long-term cognitively challenging experience that modulates metabolite concentrations in the healthy brain
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-29)Cognitively demanding experiences, including complex skills acquisition and processing, have been shown to induce brain adaptations, at least at the macroscopic level, e.g. on brain volume and/or functional connectivity. However, the neurobiological bases of these adaptations, including at the cellular level, are unclear and understudied. Here we use bilingualism as a case study to investigate the ... -
Determinants of bilingualism predict dynamic changes in resting state EEG oscillations
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-08)This study uses resting state EEG data from 103 bilinguals to understand how determinants of bilingualism may reshape the mind/brain. Participants completed the LSBQ, which quantifies language use and crucially the division of labor of dual-language use in diverse activities and settings over the lifespan. We hypothesized correlations between the degree of active bilingualism with power of neural ... -
Experimental evidence for the interpretation of definite plural articles as markers of genericity – How Italian can help
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-05)In the Romance languages, definite plural articles (e.g., le rane ‘the frogs’) are generally ambiguous between a generic and a specific interpretation, and speakers must reconstruct the intended interpretation through the linguistic or extra-linguistic context. Following the “polar bear” paradigm implemented in Czypionka & Kupisch (2019)’s investigation on German, the goal of the present study is ... -
Monolingual comparative normativity in bilingualism research is out of “control”: Arguments and alternatives
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-11)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 the ... -
Testing Potential Transfer Effects in Heritage and Adult L2 Bilinguals Acquiring a Mini Grammar as an Additional Language: An ERP Approach
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-20)Models on L3/Ln acquisition differ with respect to how they envisage degree (holistic vs. selective transfer of the L1, L2 or both) and/or timing (initial stages vs. development) of how the influence of source languages unfolds. This study uses EEG/ERPs to examine these models, bringing together two types of bilinguals: heritage speakers (HSs) (Italian-German, n = 15) compared to adult L2 learners ...
