Originality: The analyses shed new light on the nature of semantic interaction in bilingual systems by providing evidence from hitherto understudied bilingual language production in small-scale, non-s

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Working memory and second language development: A complex, dynamic future? (2020) · doi

  In closing, while WM studies have shown its influence on L2 proficiency and processing, to more fully understand its dynamic nature, what is needed is further research on the reciprocal influences of bilingual development and changes in WM components, such as control of attention.

  Keywords: closing influence proficiency processing fully understand dynamic nature needed further reciprocal influences bilingual development changes
• L1 Attrition vis-à-vis L2 Acquisition: Lexicon, Syntax–Pragmatics Interface, and Prosody in L1-English L2-Italian Late Bilinguals (2025) · doi

  Overall, this study supports the notion of L1 attrition as a natural consequence of bilingualism—one that is domain- and experience-dependent, unfolds along a continuum, and involves a complex (and possibly inverse) relationship between L1 and L2 performance that warrants further investigation.

  Keywords: overall supports notion attrition natural consequence bilingualism domain experience dependent unfolds along continuum involves complex
• Asymmetric semantic interaction in Jedek-Jahai bilinguals: Spatial language in a small-scale, non-standardized, egalitarian, long-term multilingual setting in Malaysia (2019) · doi

  Originality: The analyses shed new light on the nature of semantic interaction in bilingual systems by providing evidence from hitherto understudied bilingual language production in small-scale, non-standardized, egalitarian settings.

  Keywords: bilingual originality analyses shed light nature semantic interaction systems providing evidence hitherto understudied language production