Bilingualism Through The Prism Of Psycholinguistics

Author : Mikel Santesteban,Jon Andoni Duñabeitia,Cristina Baus
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 305 pages
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Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027249609

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Bilingualism through the Prism of Psycholinguistics by Mikel Santesteban,Jon Andoni Duñabeitia,Cristina Baus Pdf

Professor Albert Costa (1970-2018) was one of the most influential scholars in the fields of psycholinguistics and bilingualism. This book provides a faithful look at the most relevant lines of research in which he worked during his academic career. Written by some of his close collaborators and friends, the book presents a coherent summary of the most relevant psycholinguistic theories on language processing and bilingualism, including critical reviews to current models of lexical access, the representation of cognate words, neurolinguistic models of bilingualism, cross-linguistic effects in bimodal bilinguals (sign language), prediction processes and linguistic alignment in bilinguals, the influence of foreign-language effects in social cognition and the effects of bilingualism in emotion and decision making processing. This volume is a tribute to Prof. Costa and his work, and is born from a deep love and respect for his way of approaching the science of multilingualism from a psycholinguistic perspective.

Author : David Miller,Fatih Bayram,Jason Rothman,Ludovica Serratrice
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027264541

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Bilingual Cognition and Language by David Miller,Fatih Bayram,Jason Rothman,Ludovica Serratrice Pdf

This collection brings together leading names in the field of bilingualism research to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Studies in Bilingualism series. Over the last 25 years the study of bilingualism has received a tremendous amount of attention from linguists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, and neuroscientists. The breadth of coverage in this volume is a testament to the many different aspects of bilingualism that continue to generate phenomenal interest in the scholarly community. The bilingual experience is captured through a multifaceted prism that includes aspects of language and literacy development in child bilinguals with and without developmental language disorders, language processing and mental representations in adult bilinguals across the lifespan, and the cognitive and neurological basis of bilingualism. Different theoretical approaches – from generative UG-based models to constructivist usage-based models – are brought to bear on the nature of bilingual linguistic knowledge. The end result is a compendium of the state-of-the-art of a field that is in constant evolution and that is on an upward trajectory of discovery.

Author : Annette M.B. de Groot,Judith F. Kroll
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317779391

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Tutorials in Bilingualism by Annette M.B. de Groot,Judith F. Kroll Pdf

The past fifteen years have witnessed an increasing interest in the cognitive study of the bilingual. A major reason why psychologists, psycholinguists, applied linguists, neuropsychologists, and educators have pursued this topic at an accelerating pace presumably is the acknowledgment by increasingly large numbers of language researchers that the incidence of monolingualism in individual language users may be lower than that of bilingualism. This alleged numerical imbalance between monolinguals and bilinguals may be expected to become larger due to increasing international travel through, for instance, tourism and trade, to the growing use of international communication networks, and to the fact that in some parts of the world (i.e., Europe), the borders between countries are effectively disappearing. In addition to the growing awareness that bilinguals are very common and may even outnumber monolinguals, there is the dawning understanding that the bilingual mind is not simply the sum of the cognitive processes associated with each of the two monolingual modes, and that the two languages of bilingual may interact with one another in complicated ways. To gain a genuinely universal account of human cognition will therefore require a detailed understanding of language use by both pure monolinguals as well as bilinguals, unbalanced and balanced, and of the representations and processes involved. These two insights, that bilingualism is a common human condition and that it may influence cognition, were presumably instrumental in putting bilingualism on the agendas of many researchers of cognition and language in recent years. But other reasons may have played a role too: The study of bilingualism also provides a unique opportunity to study the relation between language and thought. A final reason for the growing interest in this area of research is the awareness that bilingualism may confer the benefit of broadening one's scope beyond the limits of one's own country and culture. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the important topics in the psycholinguistic study of bilingualism. The chapters represent a comprehensive and interrelated set of topics that form the core of contemporary research on the psycholinguistics of bilingualism. The issues raised within this perspective not only increase our understanding of the nature of language and thought in bilinguals but also of the basic nature of the mental architecture that supports the ability to use more than one language.

Author : François Grosjean,Ping Li
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781444332780

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The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism by François Grosjean,Ping Li Pdf

The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism presents a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of bilingualism, covering language processing, language acquisition, cognition and the bilingual brain. This thorough introduction to the psycholinguistics of bilingualism is accessible to non-specialists with little previous exposure to the field Introduces students to the methodological approaches currently employed in the field, including observation, experimentation, verbal and computational modelling, and brain imaging Examines spoken and written language processing, simultaneous and successive language acquisition, bilingual memory and cognitive effects, and neurolinguistic and neuro-computational models of the bilingual brain Written in an accessible style by two of the field’s leading researchers, together with contributions from internationally-renowned scholars Featuring chapter-by-chapter research questions, this is an essential resource for those seeking insights into the bilingual mind and our current knowledge of the cognitive basis of bilingualism

Author : Jyotsna Vaid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317933137

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Language Processing in Bilinguals (RLE Linguistics C: Applied Linguistics) by Jyotsna Vaid Pdf

For decades, bilingualism has resisted definition. If bilingualism is defined as habitual, fluent, correct and accent-free use of two languages, few individuals would qualify as bilinguals. A more viable approach may be to concede that ‘bilingual’ can be seen instead as a range of points on a continuum that allows for differences. The psychological study of bilingualism encompasses a wide range of phenomena including the organization and representation of the grammar, the perception and production of language mixing, cerebral lateralization of language functions, and patterns of recovery of aphasic patients. This book collects together an international array of researchers in experimental psychology, linguistics and neuropsychology, who bring their expertise to bear on the critical issues that are raised by the bilingual phenomena.

Author : Jasone Cenoz,Britta Hufeisen,Ulrike Jessner
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853595497

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Cross-linguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition by Jasone Cenoz,Britta Hufeisen,Ulrike Jessner Pdf

Third language acquisition is a common phenomenon, which presents some specific characteristics as compared to second language acquisition. This volume adopts a psycholinguistic approach in the study of cross-linguistic influence in third language acquisition and focuses on the role of previously acquired languages and the conditions that determine their influence.

Author : Judith F. Kroll,A. M. B. de Groot
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780195373653

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Handbook of Bilingualism by Judith F. Kroll,A. M. B. de Groot Pdf

How is language acquired when infants are exposed to multiple language input from birth and when adults are required to learn a second language after early childhood? This handbook will be essential reading for cognitive psychologists, linguists, applied linguists, and educators who wish to better understand the cognitive basis of bilingualism and the logic of experimental and formal approaches to language science.

Author : Leigh Fernandez,Kalliopi Katsika,Maialen Iraola Azpiroz,Shanley E.M. Allen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027259653

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Psycholinguistic Approaches to Production and Comprehension in Bilingual Adults and Children by Leigh Fernandez,Kalliopi Katsika,Maialen Iraola Azpiroz,Shanley E.M. Allen Pdf

How do production and comprehension processes interact in the bilingual brain during language interaction? Most experimental and theoretical research in psycholinguistics to date has focused on investigating the mechanisms that underlie language production and language comprehension separately. Only recently have researchers started emphasizing the importance of reconciling the two modalities into a unified account through the investigation of possible connections between the two systems. Authored by key researchers in psycholinguistics, neuroscience, and language development, this volume encompasses state of the art research on the relation between production and comprehension processes in bilingual children and adults. Articles highlight the most recent methodological approaches, as well as a variety of language pairs and linguistic structures. Indispensable for students and researchers working in the areas of language acquisition and processing, neurolinguistics, and experimental linguistics, this volume will also appeal to educators and clinicians focusing on language development and processing in multilingual children and adults. Originally published as special issue of Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 9:4/5 (2019).

Author : Joel Walters
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135612863

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Bilingualism by Joel Walters Pdf

In the past 30 years, the study of bilingualism processing has been conducted independently by two fields, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. This volume merges these two fields, addressing one of the tough problems dividing researchers in bilingualism, conceptually as well as methodologically. Joel Walters proposes a new approach to bilingualism processing--the Sociopragmatic-Psycholinguistic (SPPL) Model--which presents language as a social phenomenon. The author accomplishes this by identifying and organizing evidence from a wide range of linguistic disciplines, merging sociopragmatics, discourse analysis, and ethnography with social cognition, psycholinguistics, and neuroscience. By extension, the author offers convincing explanations of how related fields can profit from a comprehensive bilingual processing model. As a result, Joel Walters delivers a well-organized, comprehensive model that is thought through at every level. This book appeals to graduate students, scholars in the fields of linguistics, bilingualism, second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. It is useful to researchers for its comprehensiveness and methodological acumen and may be appropriate as a supplementary textbook for graduate-level courses in bilingualism or for seminars on similar topics.

Author : Franco Fabbro
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134840144

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The Neurolinguistics of Bilingualism by Franco Fabbro Pdf

This book introduces the reader to both neurolinguistics per se and the neuropsychological aspects of bilingualism. Neurolinguistics may roughly be defined as a subset of neuropsychology, namely the study of the representation and processing of language in the brain. To this effect, the first chapters of the book focus on the basic neuropsychology of language processing and acquisition. The second half of the book addresses the issues of cerebral representation and processing of language in bi-or multilingual subjects. All aspects are systematically dealt with, namely the definition of bilingualism; an analysis of all the issues related to bilingual aphasia, i.e. patterns of recovery of the patients' carious languages in diverse population; an investigation of the methodologies used in the study of the neuropsychological aspects of the various linguistic functions, such as comprehension, production and translation; and lastly, the issues of cerebral lateralization and neuroanatomical localization of the numerous cortical and subcortical structures subserving the various language system components in multilingual subjects. It is an excellent introduction to both the neuropsychology of language and the phenomena related to bilingualism. This book will be of particular interest to students of language therapy, aphasiology, applied psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics and, in general, to students of medicine who wish to become more knowledgeable about the specific needs of patients in a multilingual society.

Author : Silke Jansen,Sonja Higuera del Moral,Jessica Stefanie Barzen,Pia Reimann,Markus Opolka
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030870638

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Demystifying Bilingualism by Silke Jansen,Sonja Higuera del Moral,Jessica Stefanie Barzen,Pia Reimann,Markus Opolka Pdf

This book analyses changing views on bilingualism in Cognitive Psychology and explores their socio-cultural embeddedness. It offers a new, innovative perspective on the debate on possible cognitive (dis)advantages in bilinguals, arguing that it is biased by popular “language myths”, which often manifest themselves in the form of metaphors. Since its beginnings, Cognitive Psychology has consistently modelled the coexistence between languages in the brain using metaphors of struggle, conflict and competition. However, an ideological shift from nationalist and monolingual ideologies to the celebration of bilingualism under multicultural and neoliberal ideologies in the course of the 20th century fostered opposing interpretations of language coexistence in the brain and its effects on bilinguals at different moments in time. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Cognitive Psychology, Psycholinguistics, Multilingualism and Applied Linguistics, Cognitive and Computational Linguistics, and Critical Metaphor Analysis.

Author : Jyotsna Vaid
Publisher : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015012996248

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Language Processing in Bilinguals by Jyotsna Vaid Pdf

Author : Jeanette Altarriba,Roberto R. Heredia
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135608538

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An Introduction to Bilingualism by Jeanette Altarriba,Roberto R. Heredia Pdf

This important text provides a general overview of the methods and theories used in the broad domain of bilingualism. The unique interdisciplinary approach, which is reflected in the various topics covered, gives students a global picture of the field. Topics range from early childhood intellectual development to educational and social-cognitive challenges to the maturing bilingual brain. Important developing areas such as cognitive aging, creativity, the social and cultural context perspective, communication disorders and sentence processing are also covered within the volume. This text is aimed towards undergraduate courses and graduate courses in psycholinguistics, especially those with an emphasis on bilingualism or second language learning.

Author : Irina Elgort,Anna Siyanova-Chanturia,Marc Brysbaert
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027254702

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Cross-language Influences in Bilingual Processing and Second Language Acquisition by Irina Elgort,Anna Siyanova-Chanturia,Marc Brysbaert Pdf

A great majority of people around the world know more than one language. So, how does knowing one language affect the learning and use of additional languages? The question of cross-language influences is the focus of this book. Do bilinguals hear, understand, and produce language and meaning differently because of the languages they speak? How well can theoretical and computational models of language processing and acquisition explain and predict bilingual use patterns and acquisition trajectories? What learner, language, and context characteristics influence bilingual comprehension and production? This book provides a state-of-the-art review and critique of research into cross-language influences in phonology, lexicon, and morphosyntax, and suggests directions for future research. The interdisciplinary nature of the book bridges the gap between research on bilingualism and second language acquisition. The book will be of interest to graduate students, teachers, and researchers in linguistics and second language acquisition, cognitive psychology, and language education.

Author : A. M. B. de Groot
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136897238

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Bilingual Cognition by A. M. B. de Groot Pdf

This introductory level textbook comprehensively covers the psycholinguistic study of bilingualism and multilingualism, including traditional and brain-based approaches. Each chapter covers a key series of topics in clear, accessible language, and includes a description of the relevant methodological issues.