Second language learning; Bilingualism; Meaning representation; Cognitive neuroscience of language processing.

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Representative Publications

Authored Book

Tokowicz, N. (2014). Lexical processing and second language acquisition. Invited contribution to P. Robinson (Ed.), Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition Book Series. New York: Routledge.

Journal Articles
Bracken, J., Degani, T., Eddington, C. M., & Tokowicz, N. (in press). Translation semantic variability: How semantic relatedness affects learning of translation-ambiguous words. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.

Degani, T., Prior, A., Eddington, C. M., Areas da Luz Fontes, A., & Tokowicz, N. (2016). Determinants of translation ambiguity: A within and cross-language comparison. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 6, 290-307.

Tuninetti, A., Warren, T., & Tokowicz, N. (2015). Cue strength in second language processing: An eye-tracking study. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68, 568-584.

Eddington, C. M., & Tokowicz, N. (2015). How context and meaning similarity influence ambiguous word processing: The current state of the literature. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22, 13-37.

Degani, T., Tseng, A. M., & Tokowicz, N. (2014). Together or apart? Learning of ambiguous words. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 17, 749-765. doi:10.1017/S1366728913000837

Francis, W. S., Tokowicz, N., & Kroll, J. F. (2014). The consequences of language proficiency and difficulty of lexical access for translation performance and priming. Memory & Cognition, 42, 27-40. doi: 10.3758/s13421-013-0338-1

Eddington, C. M., & Tokowicz, N. (2013). Examining English-German translation ambiguity using primed translation recognition. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 16, 442-457.

Tolentino, L. C., & Tokowicz, N. (2011). Across languages, space, and time: A review of the role of cross-language similarity in L2 (morpho)syntactic processing as revealed by fMRI and ERP. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 33, 1-34.

Degani, T., Prior, A., & Tokowicz, N. (2011). Bidirectional transfer: The effect of sharing a translation. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23, 18-28.

Degani, T., & Tokowicz, N. (2010a). Ambiguous words are harder to learn.  Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 13, 299-314.

van Hell, J. G., & Tokowicz, N. (2010). Event-related brain potentials and second language learning: Syntactic processing in late L2 learners at different L2 proficiency levels. Second Language Research, 26, 43-74.

Tolentino, L. C., & Tokowicz, N. (2009). Are pumpkins better than heaven?: An ERP investigation of the concrete-word advantage using order effects. Brain and Language, 110,12-22.

Degani, T., & Tokowicz, N. (2010b). Semantic ambiguity within and across languages: An integrative review. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63, 1266-1303.

 

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