Will Emotional Effects Modulate L2 Lexical Attrition as they Do in L2 Acquisition?

This study attempted to examine the modulation of emotional effects on L2 lexical attrition. For this purpose, a cross-sectional approach was adopted to analyze emotional effects on L2 lexical attrition with a 500-word vocabulary test taken by 188 Chinese–English bilinguals. As indicated by the results, the modulation of emotional effects on L2 lexical attrition was found to be as active as it was in L2 acquisition; Positive words did not differ...