ReviewFrontiers in human neuroscience2019
Embodied Semantics in a Second Language: Critical Review and Clinical Implications.
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- Automatic mental simulation in native and non-native speakers.Memory & cognition · 2024Article
- The role of embodied cognition in action language comprehension in L1 and L2.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Horizontal mapping of time-related words in first and second language.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Perceptual representations in L1 and L2 spatial and abstract language processing: applying an innovative sentence-diagram verification paradigm.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Ecological Meanings: A Consensus Paper on Individual Differences and Contextual Influences in Embodied Language.Journal of cognition · 2023Article
- Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Activation in Motor and Language Areas Suggest a Compensatory Role of the Motor Cortex in Second Language Processing.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Brain Signatures of Embodied Semantics and Language: A Consensus Paper.Journal of cognition · 2023Article
- Involvement of the sensorimotor system in less advanced L2 processing: Evidence from a semantic category decision task.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- How words ripple through bilingual hands: Motor-language coupling during L1 and L2 writing.Neuropsychologia · 2020Article
- Motor-system dynamics during naturalistic reading of action narratives in first and second language.NeuroImage · 2020Article
- An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Psychological Impact of Different Grammaticalizations of the Future.Journal of cognition · 2020Article
- Perceptual Representations in L1, L2 and L3 Comprehension: Delayed Sentence-Picture Verification.Journal of psycholinguistic research · 2020Article
- An Exploratory Study for Assessment of Multimodal Semantic Memory in Colombian Children.International journal of psychological researchArticle
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Abstract
The role of the sensorimotor system in second language (L2) semantic processing as well as its clinical implications for bilingual patients has hitherto been neglected. We offer an overview of the issues at stake in this under-investigated field, presenting the theoretical and clinical relevance of studying L2 embodiment and reviewing the few studies on this topic. We highlight that (a) the sensorimotor network is involved in L2 processing, and that (b) in most studies, L2 is differently embodied than L1, reflected in a lower degree or in a different pattern of L2 embodiment. Importantly, we outline critical issues to be addressed in order to guide future research. We also delineate the subsequent steps needed to confirm or dismiss the value of language therapeutic approaches based on embodiment theories as a complement of speech and language therapies in adult bilinguals.
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