Language and cognition in bilinguals and multilinguals : an introduction /

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 methodologica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Groot, A. M. B. de
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY ; Hove : Psychology Press, [2011]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and preview
  • 2. Early bilingualism and age of acquisition effects on (first and) second language learning
  • 3. Late foreign vocabulary learning and lexical representation
  • 4. Comprehension processes : word recognition and sentence processing
  • 5. Word production and speech accents
  • 6. Language control
  • 7. Cognitive consequences of bilingualism and multilingualism
  • 8. Bilingualism and the brain.