Niclas Abrahamsson

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Niclas Abrahamsson is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Linguistics and Language and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Niclas Abrahamsson has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 11 papers in Linguistics and Language and 11 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Niclas Abrahamsson's work include Language Development and Disorders (12 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (10 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (10 papers). Niclas Abrahamsson is often cited by papers focused on Language Development and Disorders (12 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (10 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (10 papers). Niclas Abrahamsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, South Africa and Norway. Niclas Abrahamsson's co-authors include Kenneth Hyltenstam, Emanuel Bylund, Jan Antfolk and Minna Lehtonen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cognition, TESOL Quarterly and Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

In The Last Decade

Niclas Abrahamsson

28 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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THE ROBUSTNESS OF APTITUDE EFFECTS IN NEAR-NATIVE SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

2008 236 citations Niclas Abrahamsson, Kenneth Hyltenstam Studies in Second Language Acquisition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niclas Abrahamsson Sweden	13	704	568	436	386	327	31	1.2k
Virginia Yip Hong Kong	16	850 1.2×	667 1.2×	402 0.9×	534 1.4×	550 1.7×	58	1.5k
Tanja Kupisch Germany	19	864 1.2×	635 1.1×	404 0.9×	708 1.8×	405 1.2×	90	1.5k
Sharon Unsworth Netherlands	22	1.1k 1.6×	431 0.8×	220 0.5×	448 1.2×	540 1.7×	62	1.4k
Suzanne Flynn United States	14	723 1.0×	695 1.2×	273 0.6×	309 0.8×	456 1.4×	57	1.4k
Nanda Poulisse Netherlands	12	496 0.7×	640 1.1×	199 0.5×	197 0.5×	326 1.0×	20	1.0k
Theo Bongaerts Netherlands	14	833 1.2×	826 1.5×	441 1.0×	346 0.9×	540 1.7×	26	1.6k
Ludovica Serratrice United Kingdom	23	1.3k 1.8×	847 1.5×	392 0.9×	379 1.0×	767 2.3×	65	1.8k
Yasuhiro Shirai United States	16	918 1.3×	908 1.6×	318 0.7×	195 0.5×	232 0.7×	53	1.3k
Jürgen M. Meisel Germany	18	1.1k 1.6×	902 1.6×	267 0.6×	533 1.4×	427 1.3×	49	1.7k
Russell S. Tomlin United States	12	457 0.6×	826 1.5×	409 0.9×	179 0.5×	165 0.5×	20	1.1k

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Bylund, Emanuel, et al.. (2022). Does bilingualism come with linguistic costs? A meta-analytic review of the bilingual lexical deficit. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 30(3). 897–913. 10 indexed citations

Bylund, Emanuel, et al.. (2021). Is It Time to Reconsider the ‘Gold Standard’ for Nativelikeness in ERP Studies on Grammatical Processing in a Second Language? A Critical Assessment Based on Qualitative Individual Differences. Applied Linguistics. 43(3). 433–452. 3 indexed citations

Bylund, Emanuel, et al.. (2018). Revisiting the bilingual lexical deficit: The impact of age of acquisition. Cognition. 182. 45–49. 26 indexed citations

Abrahamsson, Niclas, et al.. (2014). EFFECTS OF AGE AND SPEAKING RATE ON VOICE ONSET TIME. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 37(1). 71–100. 23 indexed citations

Abrahamsson, Niclas. (2013). Fonologiska aspekter på andraspråksinlärning och svenska som andraspråk. 85–120. 2 indexed citations

Abrahamsson, Niclas, et al.. (2012). SLA volume 34 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 34(2). f1–f3. 1 indexed citations

Bylund, Emanuel, Niclas Abrahamsson, & Kenneth Hyltenstam. (2012). Does L1 maintenance hamper L2 nativelikeness? : A study of ultimate attainment in early bilinguals. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 4 indexed citations

Abrahamsson, Niclas. (2012). AGE OF ONSET AND NATIVELIKE L2 ULTIMATE ATTAINMENT OF MORPHOSYNTACTIC AND PHONETIC INTUITION. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 34(2). 187–214. 72 indexed citations

Abrahamsson, Niclas & Emanuel Bylund. (2012). Andraspråksinlärning och förstaspråksutveckling i en andraspråkskontext. 153–246.

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Bylund, Emanuel, Niclas Abrahamsson, & Kenneth Hyltenstam. (2012). DOES FIRST LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE HAMPER NATIVELIKENESS IN A SECOND LANGUAGE?. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 34(2). 215–241. 46 indexed citations

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Abrahamsson, Niclas & Kenneth Hyltenstam. (2009). Age of Onset and Nativelikeness in a Second Language: Listener Perception Versus Linguistic Scrutiny. Language Learning. 59(2). 249–306. 403 indexed citations

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Hyltenstam, Kenneth, et al.. (2009). Dominant-language replacement: The case of international adoptees. Bilingualism Language and Cognition. 12(2). 121–140. 82 indexed citations

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Hyltenstam, Kenneth & Niclas Abrahamsson. (2003). Age of onset and ultimate attainment in near-native speakers of Swedish. 319–340. 3 indexed citations

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Abrahamsson, Niclas & Kenneth Hyltenstam. (2003). Barndomen – en kritisk period för språkutveckling?. 29–56. 1 indexed citations

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Abrahamsson, Niclas. (2001). Acquiring L2 Syllable Margins : Studies on the simplification of onsets and codas in interlanguage phonology. 3 indexed citations

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Hyltenstam, Kenneth & Niclas Abrahamsson. (2001). Comments on Stefka H. Marinova-Todd, D. Bradford Marshall, and Catherine E. Snow's "Three Misconceptions about Age and L2 Learning": Age and L2 Learning: The Hazards of Matching Practical "Implications" with Theoretical "Facts". TESOL Quarterly. 35(1). 151–151. 19 indexed citations

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Hyltenstam, Kenneth & Niclas Abrahamsson. (2001). Age and L2 learning: The hazards of matching practical “implications” with theoretical “facts”. : (Comments on Stefka H. Marinova-Todd, D. Bradford Marshall, and Catherine E. Snow’s “Three misconceptions about age and L2 learning”).. 35(1). 151–170. 3 indexed citations

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Hyltenstam, Kenneth & Niclas Abrahamsson. (2000). Who can become native‐like in a second language? All, some, or none?. Studia Linguistica. 54(2). 150–166. 80 indexed citations

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Abrahamsson, Niclas. (1999). Review. Second language acquisition and the critical period hypothesis. D Birdsong (ed). Applied Linguistics. 20(4). 571–575. 8 indexed citations

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Abrahamsson, Niclas. (1999). Vowel Epenthesis of /sC(C)/ Onsets in Spanish/Swedish Interphonology: A Longitudinal Case Study. Language Learning. 49(3). 473–508. 27 indexed citations

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