Phonological co-activation in Portugese-German bilinguals

Previous studies on spoken language processing in late bilinguals (e.g. Spivey und Marian 1999; Canseco­ Gonzalez et al. 2010) revealed contradictory findings regarding the activation of the irrelevant L1 during L2 listening. Using the visual world paradigm we show evidence for non­selective access in Portuguese late learners of German during spoken language processing.