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Cue-Weighting mechanism and bilingualism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2016

ANNIE TREMBLAY  and
CAITLIN E. COUGHLIN
ANNIE TREMBLAY*
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
CAITLIN E. COUGHLIN
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
*
Address for correspondence: Annie Tremblay, Department of Linguistics, University of Kansas, 1541 Lilac Lane, Blake Hall Rm 427, Lawrence, KS 66045atrembla@ku.edu
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Abstract

Cunnings’ proposed theory can explain why second language (L2) learners have difficulty resolving certain types of dependencies (i.e., backward-looking dependencies) but not others (i.e., forward-looking dependencies). However, his theory should be more explicit about the mechanism underlying late L2 learners’ and native speakers’ different weightings of retrieval cues, and research framed within his theory should strive to tease apart age-of-acquisition effects from bilingualism effects.

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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , August 2017 , pp. 708 - 709
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