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Cross-language Activation

Cross-Language Activation is a psycholinguistic phenomenon in lexical access whereby the representation of a word in one language automatically triggers the activation of its lexical equivalent or associate in another language within a bilingual or multilingual speaker’s mental lexicon.

384

Publications

31.5K

Citations

834

Authors

384

Institutions

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2017–2026

106

Variants

Cross-language Lexical Activation

Parents

Publications

384

Language selectivity is the exception, not the rule: Arguments against a fixed locus of language selection in bilingual speech

Judith F. Kroll, Susan C. Bobb, Zofia Wodniecka · Bilingualism Language and Cognition · 2006 · 754 citations

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Brain potentials reveal unconscious translation during foreign-language comprehension

Guillaume Thierry, Yan Jing Wu · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 719 citations · Full text

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Competing activation in bilingual language processing: Within- and between-language competition

Viorica Marian, Michael J. Spivey · Bilingualism Language and Cognition · 2003 · 650 citations

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Producing words in a foreign language: Can speakers prevent interference from their first language?

Daan Hermans, Theo Bongaerts, Kees de Bot et al. · Bilingualism Language and Cognition · 1998 · 545 citations

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Cross Talk Between Native and Second Languages: Partial Activation of an Irrelevant Lexicon

Michael J. Spivey, Viorica Marian · Psychological Science · 1999 · 522 citations

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Authors

834

  1. TD
    Ton Dijkstra

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    20 publications · 1.5K citations

    17

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  2. VM
    Viorica Marian

    Northwestern University, United States

    14 publications · 2.8K citations

    14

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  3. GT
    Guillaume Thierry

    Bangor University, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 1.3K citations

    11

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  4. JG
    Janet G. van Hell

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

    11

    h-index

  5. DJ
    Debra Jared

    Western University, Canada

    12 publications · 663 citations

    11

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Institutions

384

  1. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    26 h-index

    83 publications

    7.6K citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    19 h-index

    30 publications

    4.9K citations

  3. Western University

    London, Canada

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    25 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

    Donostia / San Sebastian, Spain

    11 h-index

    25 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. Aix-Marseille Université

    Marseille, France

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    1K citations

  8. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    26 publications

    2.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Bilingualism Language and Cognition

    BLC · 76 publications · 6.5K citations

    36

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  2. 17

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  3. Brain and Language

    13 publications · 846 citations

    13

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  4. Frontiers in Psychology

    16 publications · 682 citations

    13

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  5. International Journal of Bilingualism

    IJB · 12 publications · 783 citations

    12

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