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Microscopic and macroscopic approaches to the mental representations of second languages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Zhenguang G. Cai  and
Haitao Liu
Zhenguang G. Cai
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. zhenguangcai@gmail.com sites.google.com/site/zhenguangcai/
Haitao Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, CN-310058, China. lhtzju@gmail.com person.zju.edu.cn/en/lht Centre for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, CN-510420, China.
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Abstract

With a particular reference to second language (L2), we discuss (1) how structural priming can be used to tap into L2 representations and their relationships with first and target language representations; and (2) how complex networks additionally can be used to reveal the global and local patterning of L2 linguistic features and L2 developmental trajectories.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e285
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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