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DeLuca, V., Miller, D., Pliatsikas, C. and Rothman, J. (2019) Brain adaptations and neurological indices of processing in adult Second Language Acquisition: challenges for the Critical Period Hypothesis. In: Schweiter, J. W. (ed.) The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 192-218. ISBN 9781119387701 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119387725

Miller, D., DeLuca, V., Berndt, D. and Rothman, J. (2017) Chapter 8. Subtle aspectual differences in the L2 acquisition of German. In: Blom, E., Cornips, L. and Schaeffer, J. (eds.) Cross-linguistic Influence in Bilingualism: In honor of Aafke Hulk. Studies in Bilingualism (52). John Benjamins, pp. 207-230. ISBN 9789027241948 doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.52.10mil

Miller, D., DeLuca, V., Berndt, D., Iverson, M. and Rothman, J. (2017) Subtle aspectual difference in the L2 acquisition of German: the case of pseudo-progressives AM+infinitive versus BEIM+infinitive. In: Blom, E., Cornips, L. and Schaffer, J. (eds.) Cross-linguistic Influence in Bilingualism: in honor of Aafke Hulk. Studies in Bilingualism (52). John Benjamins, pp. 207-230. ISBN 9789027241948 doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.52.10mil

Thesis

DeLuca, V. F. (2018) Changing our brains and minds: exploring the effects of individual differences in bilingual language experience on brain structure, function, and cognition. PhD thesis, University of Reading.