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ReviewCognitive processing2026

Bilingual language control in oral language production: an overview and outlook.

Qingwei Xue, Xu Jiang, Luyao Chen

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Review in Cognitive processing, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Qingwei XueSchool of Chinese as a Second Language, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Xu JiangMax Planck Partner Group, School of International Chinese Language Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China.
Luyao ChenMax Planck Partner Group, School of International Chinese Language Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, People's Republic of China. luyaochen@bnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0796-3323

Funding

International Chinese Language Education Research Program 22YH54D
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review focuses on bilingual language control in oral language production, synthesizing key methodologies, theoretical frameworks, and its relationship with domain-general cognitive control. Although behavioral and neural studies have advanced understanding of the mechanisms involved, greater integration across approaches and the use of more ecologically valid methods remain necessary. Much of the current research emphasizes reactive control; however, exploring its interplay with proactive control may offer deeper insights into the dynamic nature of bilingual language control. In addition, future studies should move beyond the lexicon to explore higher linguistic levels and account for the diversity of bilingual experiences within broader theoretical frameworks, such as the bilingual framework proposed in this review. This would allow theoretical models to be enriched with a more comprehensive perspective.

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Executive FunctionMultilingualismSpeechHumansPsycholinguisticsBilingual language controlDomain-general cognitive controlOral language productionReview

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PMID40802005

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