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100			_aBice, Kinsey
240			_aAJP : The american journal of psychology / _hSummer 2024
245			_aUnraveling the multilingual mind : _bExploring individual differences in bilingual language learning and regulation / _cKinsey Bice and Megan Zirnstein
300			_aVol 137 (2) pages 191-202 : _billustrations ; _c28 cm
500			_aHistorically, research in the field of bilingualism assumed a model in which the native or first acquired language (L1) was assumed to be impervious to change or interference from subsequently learned languages. More recently, the field has come to accept that the L1 not only interacts with other learned languages but may also change during acquisition of those linguistic newcomers. Such change would reflect a process that relies on open and adaptive language representation and control and where, as learners develop into fully fledged proficient bilinguals, they must additionally learn to navigate cross-language interaction and competition depending on the linguistic context in which they are immersed and their own communicative goals. In this article we review work that addresses these 2 aspects of language learning. We ask how speakers at different stages of new language use successfully adapt language control mechanisms to suit their current stage in the language learning developmental trajectory. Collectively, we refer to this adaptive language control mechanism as bilingual language regulation. The phrase is meant to highlight the ability to shift activation states, especially of the dominant language or L1, to suit the cognitive demands of current linguistic goals. We attempt to bridge the gap between two literatures-one on language learning and the other on proficient bilingualism-to explore how language regulation as a cognitive control skill can be acquired, how it may change over time, and how it may be used at the peak of language proficiency.
650			_abilingualism
650			_alanguage regulation
650			_alanguage learning
650			_aindividual differences
650			_aimmersion
700			_aZirnstein, Megan
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