Research

Our areas of research include bilingualism, language acquisition, language teaching and learning, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and translation and cognition.

Books

In preparation. Schwieter, J. W., & Festman, J. The neuroscience of bilingualism. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

In preparation. Schwieter, J. W., & Dawaele, J-M. (Eds.). Multilingualism: Foundations and the state of the interdisciplinary art. London, England: Bloomsbury.

In preparation. Schwieter, J. W., & Wen, Z. (Eds.).The Cambridge handbook of working memory and language. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.​

In preparation. Wei, L., Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. Understanding multilingualism: An introduction.​ Oxford, England: Wiley.

In preparation [Cover image is preliminary]. Ferreira, A., & Schwieter, J. W. (Eds.). The Routledge handbook of translation, interpreting, and bilingualism. New York, NY: Routledge.

In preparation. Ferreira, A., & Schwieter, J. W. (Eds.). Introduction to translation and interpreting studies. Oxford, England: Wiley.​

2021. Bruhn de Garavito, J., & Schwieter, J. W. Introducing linguistics: Theoretical and applied approaches. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.​

2020. Iida-Miller, P., Reagan, T., Schwieter, J. W., McGivern, C-H, & Ho, J. (Eds.). Readings in language studies: Critical perspectives on teaching, learning, and society (Vol. 8). Laguna Beach, CA: International Society for Language Studies.

2019. Schwieter, J. W. The bilingual brain: And what it tells us about the science of language [Translation of A. Costa’s El cerebro bilingüe: La neurociencia del lenguaje]. London, England: Allen Lane/Penguin Random House.

​ 2019. Austin, L., Hernandez, A., & Schwieter, J. W. Proficiency predictors in sequential bilinguals: The proficiency puzzle. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.​

2019. Schwieter, J. W. (Ed.). The handbook of the neuroscience of multilingualism. Malden, MA/Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

2019. Schwieter, J. W., & Benati, A. (Eds.). The Cambridge handbook of language learning. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.​

2017. Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. (Eds.). The handbook of translation and cognition. Malden, MA/Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

2016. Schwieter, J. W. (Ed.). Cognitive control and consequences of multilingualism. Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Philadelphia, PA: Benjamins.

2015. Ferreira, A., & Schwieter, J. W. (Eds.). Psycholinguistic and cognitive inquiries into translation and interpreting. Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Philadelphia, PA: Benjamins.

2015. Schwieter, J. W. (Ed.). The Cambridge handbook of bilingual processing. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.​​

2014. Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. (Eds.). The development of translation competence: Theories and methodologies from psycholinguistics and cognitive science. Newcastle, England: Cambridge Scholars.

2013. Schwieter, J. W. (Ed.). Innovative research and practices in second language acquisition and bilingualism. Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Philadelphia, PA: Benjamins.

2013. Schwieter, J. W. (Ed.). Studies and global perspectives of second language teaching and learning. Charlotte, NC: Information Age.

2010. Schwieter, J. W. Cognition and bilingual speech: Psycholinguistic aspects of language production, processing, and inhibitory control. Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic.

Series

Benati, A., & Schwieter, J. W. (Co-Editors). Cambridge Elements in Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.​

Schwieter, J. W. (Executive Editor). Bilingual Processing and Acquisition. Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Philadelphia, PA: Benjamins.

Special Issues of Journals

Forthcoming. Jia, F., Ferreira, A., Pasquarella, A., Schwieter, J. W., & Gottardo, A. (Eds.). Culture and second language learning in migrants [Special issue]. Frontiers in Psychology.

2020. Iida-Miller, P., & Schwieter, J. W. (Eds.). Intersections of language studies and social/political movements, activism, and participation [Special issue]. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: An International Journal, 17(1).

2019. Ferreira, A., Lourenço da Silva, I., & Schwieter, J. W. (Eds.). Leitura, escrita e tradução: desafios e aplicações da pesquisa empírica e experimental [Special issue]. Domínios de Lingu@gem, 13(2).

Peer reviewed papers in journals and books

In preparation or under review

Azeveda, N., Kehayia, E., Jarema, G., & Schwieter, J. W. Neighborhood density effects on lexicality judgements in younger and older adults: A comparison of monolinguals and bilinguals/multilinguals.

Czapka, S., Festman, J., & Schwieter, J. W. The influence of peripheral emotional expressions on inhibitory control among children.

Fang, L., & Schwieter, J. W. The effects of illustration characteristics, presenting order, and second language proficiency on reading comprehension.

Ferreira, A., & Schwieter, J. W. Interpreting and comprehension. In C. Mellinger (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of interpreting and cognition. New York, NY: Routledge.

Jiao, L., Liu, C., Schwieter, J. W., & Chen, B. Examining the non-linguistic effects of language switching between newly learned languages.

Schwieter, J. W., & Benati, A. Input Processing in L1 acquisition and simultaneous bilingualism. In W. Wong & J. Barcroft (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and input processing. New York, NY: Routledge.

Forthcoming

Fang, L., Xie, Y., Yu, K., Wang, R., & Schwieter, J. W. Spoken sentence processing mechanisms among beginning and intermediate L2 learners: A developmental view. International Journal of Bilingualism.

Ferreira, A., & Schwieter, J. W. Cognitive approaches to interpreting studies. In F. Zanettin & C. Rundle (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of translation and methodology. New York, NY: Routledge.

Ferreira, A., Schwieter, J. W., & Gries, S. Assessing indicators of cognitive effort in professional translators: A study on language dominance and directionality. In TraCo Team (Eds.), Translation, interpreting, cognition: The way out of the box (pp. 117-146). Berlin, Germany: Language Science.

Klassen, G., Ferreira, A., & Schwieter, J. W. The role of study abroad in the acquisition and processing of L2 gender agreement. Applied Linguistics Review.

2021

Jackson, J., Howard, M., & Schwieter, J. W. Language Proficiency: Developmental perspectives and linguistic outcomes of education abroad. In A. Ogden, B. Streitwieser, & C. Van Mol (Eds.), Education abroad: Bridging scholarship and practice (pp. 92-105). New York, NY: Routledge.

Schwieter, J. W., Jackson, J., & Ferreira, A. When ‘domestic’ and ‘international’ students study abroad: Reflections on language learning, contact, and culture. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 24(1), 124-137.

2020

Ferreira, A., Schwieter, J. W., & Festman, J. Cognitive and neurocognitive effects from the unique bilingual experiences of interpreters. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(548755), 1-10.

Linck, J. A., Schwieter, J. W., & Sunderman, G. The differential role of executive functions in the cognitive control of language switching [Featured article on front cover]. Languages, 5(2), 19, 1-20.

Santesteban, M., & Schwieter, J. W. Lexical selection and competition in bilinguals. In R. Heredia & A. Cieślicka (Eds.), Bilingual lexical ambiguity resolution (pp. 126-156). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. Learning a language abroad and the implications for social participation and positioning. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: An International Journal, 17(1), 64-78.

Schwieter, J. W., Festman, J., & Ferreira, A. Current research in bilingualism and the implications for translation and interpreting studies. Linguistica Antverpiensia, 19, 80-93.

Schwieter, J. W., & Iida-Miller, P. Intersections of language studies and social/political movements, activism, and participation. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: An International Journal, 17(1), 1-4.

Schwieter, J. W., & Prior, A. Translation ambiguity. In R. Heredia & A. Cieślicka (Eds.), Bilingual lexical ambiguity resolution (pp. 96-125). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

2019

Benati, A., & Schwieter, J. W. Pedagogical interventions to grammar instruction. In J. W Schwieter & A. Benati (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of language learning (pp. 477-499). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Da Silva, I., Ferreira, A., & Schwieter, J. W. Challenges for research on reading, writing, interpreting, and translation: In honor of Márcia Schmaltz. Domínios de Lingu@gem, 13(2), 447-461.

Ferreira, A., Miglio, V., & Schwieter, J. W. Minority languages at home and abroad: Education and acculturation. In J. W Schwieter & A. Benati (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of language learning (pp. 696-726).Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Festman, J., & Schwieter, J. W. Self-concepts in reading and spelling among mono- and multilingual children: Extending the bilingual advantage. Behavioral Sciences, 9(4), 39.

Jackson, J., & Schwieter, J. W. Study abroad and immersion. In J. W Schwieter & A. Benati (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of language learning (pp. 727-750). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Libben, G., & Schwieter, J. W. Lexical organization and reorganization in the multilingual mind. In J. W. Schwieter (Ed.), The handbook of the neuroscience of multilingualism (pp. 297-312). Malden, MA/Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

Liu, C., Yang, C-L, Jiao, L., Schwieter, J. W., Sun, X, & Wang, R. Training in language switching facilitates bilinguals’ monitoring and inhibitory control. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(1839), 1-13.

Shekari, E., & Schwieter, J. W. Factors affecting multilingual processing. In J. W. Schwieter (Ed.), The handbook of the neuroscience of multilingualism (pp. 372-388). Malden, MA/Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

Wilck, A., Altarriba, J., Heredia, R., & Schwieter, J. W. Learning and memory in the bilingual mind and brain. In J. W. Schwieter (Ed.), The handbook of the neuroscience of multilingualism (pp. 389-407). Malden, MA/Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

2018

Ferreira, A., Gottardo, A., & Schwieter, J. W. Decision-making processes in direct and inverse translation through retrospective protocols. Translation, Cognition, & Behavior, 1(1), 98-118.

Howard, M., & Schwieter, J. W. The development of second language grammar in a study abroad context. In C. Sanz & A. Morales-Front (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of study abroad research and practice (pp. 135-148). New York, NY: Routledge.

Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. Bilingualism, translation, and interpreting. In K. Malmkjær (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of translation studies and linguistics (pp. 251-266). New York, NY: Routledge.

Schwieter, J. W., Ferreira, A., & Miller, P. Study abroad learners’ metalinguistic and sociocultural reflections on short- and long-term international experiences. Intercultural Education, 29(2), 236-257.

Yu, Z., & Schwieter, J. W. Recognizing the effects of language mode on the cognitive advantages of bilingualism. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(366), 1-6.

2017

Benati, A., & Schwieter, J. W. Input Processing and Processing Instruction: Pedagogical and cognitive considerations for L3 acquisition. In T. Angelovska & A. Hahn (Eds.), L3 syntactic transfer: Models, new developments, and implications (pp. 253-275). Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Philadelphia, PA: Benjamins.

Ferreira, A., & Schwieter, J. W. Directionality in translation. In J. W. Schwieter & A. Ferreira (Eds.), The handbook of translation and cognition (pp. 90-105). Malden, MA/Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. Bilingualism in cognitive translation and interpreting studies. In J. W. Schwieter & A. Ferreira (Eds.), The handbook of translation and cognition (pp. 144-164). Malden, MA/Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

2016

Ferreira, A., Gottardo, A., Javier, C., Schwieter, J. W., & Jia, F. Reading comprehension: The role of acculturation, language dominance, and socioeconomic status in cross-linguistic relations. Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics, 29(2), 613-639.

Ferreira, A., Schwieter, J. W., Gottardo, A., & Jones, J. Cognitive effort in direct and inverse translation performance: Insight from eye-tracking technology. Cadernos de Tradução, 36(3), 60-80.

Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. On the interrelated nature of study abroad learners’ language contact, perceptions of culture, and personal outcomes. The Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 19(2), 151-173.

Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. Effects of cognitive control, lexical robustness, and frequency of codeswitching on language switching. In J. W. Schwieter (Ed.), Cognitive control and consequences of multilingualism (pp. 193-216). Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Philadelphia, PA: Benjamins.

Schwieter, J. W., & Klassen, G. Linguistic advances and learning strategies in a short-term study abroad experience. Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education, 1(2), 217-247.

2015

Linck, J. A., Michael, E., Golonka, E., Twist, A., & Schwieter, J. W. Moving beyond two languages: The effects of multilingualism on language processing and language learning. In J. W. Schwieter (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of bilingual processing (pp. 665-694). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Ferreira, A., Schwieter, J. W., & Gile, D. The position of psycholinguistics and cognitive science in translation and interpreting: An introduction. In A. Ferreira & J. W. Schwieter (Eds.), Psycholinguistic and cognitive inquiries into translation and interpreting (pp. 3-15). Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Philadelphia, PA: Benjamins.

Festman, J., & Schwieter, J. W. Behavioural measures of language control: Production and comprehension. In J. W. Schwieter (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of bilingual processing (pp. 527-547). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Schwieter, J. W., & Tokowicz, N. Bilingual processing: A dynamic and rapidly changing field. In J. W. Schwieter (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of bilingual processing (pp. 3-26). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

2014

Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. Intersections of study abroad, social capital, and second language acquisition. In M. Mantero, J. Watze, & P. Chamness Miller (Eds.), Readings in language studies, vol. 4: Intersections of language and social justice (pp. 107-128). Grandville, MI: International Society for Language Studies.

Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. Underlying processes of L1 and L3 word translation: Exploring the semantic relatedness effect. In J. W. Schwieter & A. Ferreira (Eds.), The development of translation competence: Theories and methodologies from psycholinguistics and cognitive science (pp. 87-106). Newcastle, England: Cambridge Scholars.

2013

Klassen, G., & Schwieter, J. W. The morphosyntactic interface of determiner phrases. Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, 3(4), 360-366.

Schwieter, J. W. The foreign language imagined learning community: Developing identity and increasing investment. In D. Rivers & S. Houghton (Eds.), Social identities and multiple selves in foreign language education (pp. 139-155). London, England: Bloomsbury.

Schwieter, J. W. Immersion learning: Implications for non-native lexical development. In J. W. Schwieter (Ed.), Studies and global perspectives of second language teaching and learning (pp. 165-185). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.

Schwieter, J. W. Lexical inhibition in trilingual speakers. In J. Tirkkonen & E. Anttikoski (Eds.), Proceedings of The 24th Conference of Scandinavian Linguistics. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland: Reports and Studies in Education, Humanities, and Theology (pp. 249-260). Joensuu, Finland: University of Eastern Finland Press.

Schwieter, J. W., & Ferreira, A. Language selection, control, and conceptual-lexical development in bilinguals and multilinguals. In J. W. Schwieter (Ed.), Innovative research and practices in second language acquisition and bilingualism (pp. 241-266). Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Philadelphia, PA: Benjamins.

2012

Linck, J. A., Schwieter, J. W., & Sunderman, G. Inhibitory control predicts language switching performance in trilingual speech production. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 15(3), 651-662.

Schwieter, J. W., & Kunert, S. Short-term study abroad and cultural sessions: Issues of L2 development, identity, and socialization. In P. Chamness Miller, J. Watze, & M. Mantero (Eds.), Readings in language studies, vol. 3: Language and identity (pp. 587-604). Grandville, MI: International Society for Language Studies.

2011

Schwieter, J. W. Migrant Hispanic students speak up: Linguistic and cultural perspectives of low academic attainment. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: An International Journal, 5(1), 33-47.

Schwieter, J. W., & Sunderman, G. Inhibitory control processes and lexical access in trilingual speech production. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 1(4), 391-412.

2010

Schwieter, J. W. Developing second language writing through scaffolding in the ZPD: A magazine project for an authentic audience. The Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 7(10), 31-45.

Schwieter, J. W. Describing and perceiving sexual orientation based on linguistic cues: At the crossroads of bilingualism and language acquisition. In J. Watze, M. Mantero, & P. Chamness Reece-Miller (Eds.), Readings in Language Studies, vol. 2: Language and Power (pp. 89-111). Lakewood Ranch, FL: International Society for Language Studies.

2009

Schwieter, J. W. Cognitive perspectives of target language selection in bilingual speech production: Factors of bilingualism and development. In I-H Lee & C-S Hong (Eds.), Proceedings of The 18th International Congress of Linguists: Current Issues in Unity and Diversity of Languages. Seoul, South Korea: Linguistic Society of Korea.

Schwieter, J. W., & Jaimes-Domínguez, J. L. Maximizing indigenous student learning in the mainstream with language and culture. Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2(3), 39-46.

Schwieter, J. W., & Sunderman, G. Concept selection and developmental effects in bilingual speech production. Language Learning, 59(4), 897-927.

2008

Schwieter, J. W. Preparing students for class: A hybrid enhancement to language learning. The College Teaching Methods and Styles Journal, 4(6), 41-50.

Schwieter, J. W. Language attitudes and gender: Descriptors and nationalistic ideologies. The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics, 1(1), 113-127.

Schwieter, J. W. The effects of bilingual type on language selectivity. In M. Mantero, P. Chamness Reece-Miller, and J. Watze (Eds.), Readings in Language Studies, vol. 1: Language Across Disciplinary Boundaries (pp. 417-431). St. Louis, MO: International Society for Language Studies.

Schwieter, J. W., & Sunderman, G. Language switching in bilingual speech production: In search of the language-specific selection mechanism. The Mental Lexicon, 3(2), 214-238.

2004

Delany-Barmann, G., & Schwieter, J. W. Guatemala: An intercultural perspective. Democracy & Education, 15(1), 18-20.