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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Second Language Acquisition

Background:

  • Embodiment of action-related language is established in the first language (L1).
  • Embodiment of second language (L2) acquired later in life is less understood.
  • Investigating L2 embodiment requires comparing it with L1 processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Compare the embodiment of action-related language in L1 and L2.
  • Determine if L1 and L2 are embodied with different strengths.
  • Examine embodiment at different stages of linguistic processing using event-related potentials (ERPs).

Main Methods:

  • Silent reading task with action-related and non-action-related verbs.
  • Used late bilinguals (French-German, German-French) to control for language and acquisition order.
  • Employed high temporal resolution ERPs and topographic analyses.

Main Results:

  • Embodiment effects were observed at sensory and lexical stages (N1 component for motor verbs).
  • Language effects were seen at lexical and semantic stages (P2/N400 components stronger for L2).
  • Non-motor verbs showed a stronger P1 component in L2.

Conclusions:

  • L2 word processing requires more cognitive effort than L1.
  • L1 and L2 exhibit similar embodiment effects at early processing stages.
  • Embodiment mechanisms appear consistent across L1 and L2, potentially involving action-language integration.