Language Processing in Bilinguals: Psycholinguistic and Neuropsychological Perspectives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415724007 ISBN 13: 9780415724005

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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Jyotsna Vaid

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415724007
• ISBN 13: 9780415724005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Vaid Jyotsna