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Multilingual Cognition and Language Use

Author : Luna Filipović
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027270287
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Multilingual Cognition and Language Use by : Luna Filipović

Download or read book Multilingual Cognition and Language Use written by Luna Filipović and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a multifaceted view of certain key themes in multilingualism research today and offers future directions for this research area in the context of the multilingual development of individuals and societies. The selection of studied languages is eclectic (e.g. Amondawa, Cantonese, Bulgarian, Dene, Dutch, Eipo, Frisian, German, Mandarin Chinese, Māori, Russian, Spanish, and Yukatek, among others), they are typologically diverse, and they are contrasted from a variety of perspectives, such as cognitive development, aging, acquisition, grammatical and lexical processing, and memory. This collection also illustrates novel insights into the linguistic relativity debate that multilingual studies can offer, such as new and revealing perspectives on some well-known topics (e.g. colour categorisation or language transfer). The critical and comprehensive discussions of theoretical and methodological considerations presented in this volume are fundamental for numerous current, future, empirical and interdisciplinary studies of linguistic diversity, linguistic typology, and multilingual processing.

Cognitive Control and Consequences of Multilingualism

Author : John W. Schwieter
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027266727
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Control and Consequences of Multilingualism by : John W. Schwieter

Download or read book Cognitive Control and Consequences of Multilingualism written by John W. Schwieter and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-08-03 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human mind is a marvelous device that effectively regulates mental activities and facilitates amendable cognitive behaviour across several domains such as attention, memory, and language processing. For multilinguals, the mind also represents and manages more than one language system—a mental exercise which may lead to cognitive benefits. Through an in-depth exploration of these issues, Cognitive Control and Consequences of Multilingualism presents original studies and new perspectives which are cutting-edge and feature traditional and innovative methodologies such as ERPs, fMRIs, eye-tracking, picture- and numeral naming, the Simon, flanker, and oculomotor Stroop tasks, among others. The studies in this book investigate prominent themes in multilingual language control for both comprehension and production and probe the notion of a cognitive advantage that may be a result of multilingualism. The growing number of researchers, practitioners, and students alike will find this volume to be an instrumental source of readings that illuminates how one mind accommodates and controls multiple languages and the consequences it has on human cognition in general.

Bilingual Cognition and Language

Author : David Miller
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027264546
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Bilingual Cognition and Language by : David Miller

Download or read book Bilingual Cognition and Language written by David Miller and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Language and Cognition in Bilinguals and Multilinguals

Author : Annette M.B. de Groot
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1136897224
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Book Synopsis Language and Cognition in Bilinguals and Multilinguals by : Annette M.B. de Groot

Download or read book Language and Cognition in Bilinguals and Multilinguals written by Annette M.B. de Groot and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psycholinguistics – the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language – had a strong monolingual orientation during the first four decades following its emergence around 1950. The awareness that a large part of mankind speaks more than one language – that this may impact both on the way each individual language is used and on the thought processes of bilinguals and multilinguals, and that, consequently, our theories on human linguistic ability and its role in non-linguistic cognition are incomplete and, perhaps, false – has led to a steep growth of studies on bilingualism and multilingualism since around 1995. This textbook introduces the reader to the field of study that examines language acquisition, comprehension and production from the perspective of the bilingual and multilingual speaker. It furthermore provides an introduction to studies that investigate the implications of being bilingual on various aspects of non-linguistic cognition. The major topics covered are the development of language in children growing up in a bilingual environment either from birth or relatively soon after, late foreign language learning, and word recognition, sentence comprehension, speech production, and translation processes in bilinguals. Furthermore, the ability of bilinguals and multilinguals to generally produce language in the "intended" language is discussed, as is the cognitive machinery that enables this. Finally, the consequences of bilingualism and multilingualism for non-linguistic cognition and findings and views regarding the biological basis of bilingualism and multilingualism are presented. The textbook’s primary readership are students and researchers in Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics, but teachers of language and translators and interpreters who wish to become better informed on the cognitive and biological basis of bilingualism and multilingualism will also benefit from it.

Language and Bilingual Cognition

Author : Vivian Cook
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1136866396
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Book Synopsis Language and Bilingual Cognition by : Vivian Cook

Download or read book Language and Bilingual Cognition written by Vivian Cook and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between language and cognition with a focus on bilinguals. It brings together contributions from international leading figures in various disciplines and showcases contemporary research on the emerging area of bilingual cognition. The first part of the volume discusses the relationship between language and cognition as studied in various disciplines, from psychology to philosophy to anthropology to linguistics, with chapters written by some of the major thinkers in each discipline. The second part concerns language and cognition in bilinguals. Following an introductory overview and contributions from established figures in the field, bilingual cognition researchers provide examples of their latest research on topics including time, space, motion, colors, and emotion. The third part discusses practical applications of the idea of bilingual cognition, such as marketing and translation. The volume is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students with an interest in language and cognition, or in bilingualism and second languages.

Life as a Bilingual

Author : François Grosjean
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108838642
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Life as a Bilingual written by François Grosjean and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book on those who know and use two or more languages: Who are they? How do they do it?

Cognitive Perspectives on Bilingualism

Author : Monika Reif
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1614514194
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (145 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Perspectives on Bilingualism by : Monika Reif

Download or read book Cognitive Perspectives on Bilingualism written by Monika Reif and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only 15 years ago bilingualism was somewhat outside the main debates in cognitive linguistics. Cognitive linguistics had, to a large extent, taken for granted the fact that language is embodied in our experience. However, not much attention was given to questions of whether any changes to our language repertoire alter the way we perceive the world around us. A growing body of recent research suggests that one cannot understand the cognitive foundations of language without looking at bi- and multilingual speakers. In this vein, the present book aims to contribute to the existing debate of the relationship between language, culture and cognition by assessing differences and similarities between monolingual and bilingual language acquisition and use. In particular, it investigates the effect of conceptual-semantic and pragmatic properties of constructions on code choice and code switching, as well as the impact of bilingual and bicultural education on speakers’ cognitive development. This collective volume systematises, reviews, and promotes a range of theoretical perspectives and research techniques that currently inform work across the disciplines of bilingualism and code switching.

The Multilingual Community

Author : A. M. B. de Groot
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780863779060
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)

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Book Synopsis The Multilingual Community by : A. M. B. de Groot

Download or read book The Multilingual Community written by A. M. B. de Groot and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1992 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Individual differences in early instructed language learning

Author : Raphael Berthele
Publisher : Language Science Press
ISBN 13 : 3961103240
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (611 download)

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Book Synopsis Individual differences in early instructed language learning by : Raphael Berthele

Download or read book Individual differences in early instructed language learning written by Raphael Berthele and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Variability in predispositions for language learning has attracted scholarly curiosity for over 100 years. Despite major changes in theoretical explanations and foreign/second language teaching paradigms, some patterns of associations between predispositions and learning outcomes seem timelessly robust. This book discusses evidence from a research project investigating individual differences in a wide variety of domains, ranging from language aptitude over general cognitive abilities to motivational and other affective and social constructs. The focus lies on young learners aged 10 to 12, a less frequently investigated age in aptitude research. The data stem from two samples of multilingual learners in German-speaking Switzerland. The target languages are French and English. The chapters of the book offer two complementary perspectives on the topic: On the one hand, cross-sectional investigations of the underlying structure of these individual differences and their association with the target languages are discussed. Drawing on factor analytical and multivariable analyses, the different components are scrutinized with respect to their mutual dependence and their relative impact on target language skills. The analyses also take into account contextual factors such as the learners’ family background and differences across the two contexts investigated. On the other hand, the potential to predict learner’s skills in the target language over time based on the many different indicators is investigated using machine learning algorithms. The results provide new insights into the stability of the individual dispositions, on the impact of contextual variables, and on empirically robust dimensions within the array of variables tested.

Crosslinguistic Influence in Language and Cognition

Author : Scott Jarvis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135646678
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Book Synopsis Crosslinguistic Influence in Language and Cognition by : Scott Jarvis

Download or read book Crosslinguistic Influence in Language and Cognition written by Scott Jarvis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cogent, freshly written synthesis of new and classic work on crosslinguistic influence, or language transfer, this book is an authoritative account of transfer in second-language learning and its consequences for language and thought. It covers transfer in both production and comprehension, and discusses the distinction between semantic and conceptual transfer, lateral transfer, and reverse transfer. The book is ideal as a text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in bilingualism, second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and cognitive psychology, and will also be of interest to researchers in these areas.

Tutorials in Bilingualism

Author : Annette M.B. de Groot
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 131777938X
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Book Synopsis Tutorials in Bilingualism by : Annette M.B. de Groot

Download or read book Tutorials in Bilingualism written by Annette M.B. de Groot and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism

Author : Lourdes Ortega
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626163243
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Book Synopsis The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism by : Lourdes Ortega

Download or read book The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism written by Lourdes Ortega and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Usage-based linguistics, which is currently very popular, bases its understanding of language on two key points: Languages are cognitive-social constructs (i.e., learned vs genetically endowed), and, in order for communication and meaning to happen, speakers must find a way to meet/understand each other, overcoming various differences (lexicon, social, register, etc.) to arrive there. In this book, high-level contributors combine research from various usage-based perspectives to explore these questions: How do proficient speakers accomplish 'mental contact' or communication through the available semiotic linguistic resources they share with other members of their discourse community? How do young children learn to accomplish this? And how do speakers of multiple languages learn to accomplish this across languages?

Memory, Language, and Bilingualism

Author : Jeanette Altarriba
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781139839983
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Memory, Language, and Bilingualism written by Jeanette Altarriba and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between memory and language and the topic of bilingualism are important areas of research in both psychology and linguistics and are grounded in cognitive and linguistic paradigms, theories and experimentation. This volume provides an integrated theoretical/real-world approach to second language learning, use and processing from a cognitive perspective. A strong international and interdisciplinary team of contributors present the results of various explorations into bilingual language processing, from recent advances in studies on bilingual memory to studies on the role of the brain in language processing and language forgetting. This is a strong yet balanced combination of theoretical/overview contributions and accounts of novel, original, empirical studies which will educate readers on the relationship between theory, cognitive experimentation and data and their role in understanding language learning and practice.

Thinking and Speaking in Two Languages

Author : Aneta Pavlenko
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847694934
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Thinking and Speaking in Two Languages written by Aneta Pavlenko and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, the history of debates about language and thought has been a history of thinking of language in the singular. The purpose of this volume is to reverse this trend and to begin unlocking the mysteries surrounding thinking and speaking in bi- and multilingual speakers. If languages influence the way we think, what happens to those who speak more than one language? And if they do not, how can we explain the difficulties second language learners experience in mapping new words and structures onto real-world referents? The contributors to this volume put forth a novel approach to second language learning, presenting it as a process that involves conceptual development and restructuring, and not simply the mapping of new forms onto pre-existing meanings.

Language in Use

Author : Andrea E. Tyler
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589013568
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Language in Use written by Andrea E. Tyler and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language in Use creatively brings together, for the first time, perspectives from cognitive linguistics, language acquisition, discourse analysis, and linguistic anthropology. The physical distance between nations and continents, and the boundaries between different theories and subfields within linguistics have made it difficult to recognize the possibilities of how research from each of these fields can challenge, inform, and enrich the others. This book aims to make those boundaries more transparent and encourages more collaborative research. The unifying theme is studying how language is used in context and explores how language is shaped by the nature of human cognition and social-cultural activity. Language in Use examines language processing and first language learning and illuminates the insights that discourse and usage-based models provide in issues of second language learning. Using a diverse array of methodologies, it examines how speakers employ various discourse-level resources to structure interaction and create meaning. Finally, it addresses issues of language use and creation of social identity. Unique in approach and wide-ranging in application, the contributions in this volume place emphasis on the analysis of actual discourse and the insights that analyses of such data bring to language learning as well as how language shapes and reflects social identity—making it an invaluable addition to the library of anyone interested in cutting-edge linguistics.

The Multilingual Turn

Author : Stephen May
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136287124
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book The Multilingual Turn written by Stephen May and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the latest developments in bilingual and multilingual research, The Multilingual Turn offers a critique of, and alternative to, still-dominant monolingual theories, pedagogies and practices in SLA, TESOL, and bilingual education. Critics of the ‘monolingual bias’ argue that notions such as the idealized native speaker, and related concepts of interlanguage, language competence, and fossilization, have framed these fields inextricably in relation to monolingual speaker norms. In contrast, these critics advocate an approach that emphasizes the multiple competencies of bi/multilingual learners as the basis for successful language teaching and learning. This volume takes a big step forward in re-situating the issue of multilingualism more centrally in applied linguistics and, in so doing, making more permeable its key sub-disciplinary boundaries – particularly, those between SLA, TESOL, and bilingual education. It addresses this issue head on, bringing together key international scholars in SLA, TESOL, and bilingual education to explore from cutting-edge interdisciplinary perspectives what a more critical multilingual perspective might mean for theory, pedagogy, and practice in each of these fields.

The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism

Author : John W. Schwieter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119387698
Total Pages : 882 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)

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Book Synopsis The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism by : John W. Schwieter

Download or read book The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism written by John W. Schwieter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to 21st century investigations of multilingual neuroscience The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism provides a comprehensive survey of neurocognitive investigations of multiple-language speakers. Prominent scholar John W. Schwieter offers a unique collection of works from globally recognized researchers in neuroscience, psycholinguistics, neurobiology, psychology, neuroimaging, and others, to provide a multidisciplinary overview of relevant topics. Authoritative coverage of state-of-the-art research provides readers with fundamental knowledge of significant theories and methods, language impairments and disorders, and neural representations, functions, and processes of the multilingual brain. Focusing on up-to-date theoretical and experimental research, this timely handbook explores new directions of study and examines significant findings in the rapidly evolving field of multilingual neuroscience. Discussions on the bilingual advantage debate, recovery and rehabilitation patterns in multilingual aphasia, and the neurocognitive effects of multilingualism throughout the lifespan allow informed investigation of contemporary issues. Presents the first handbook-length examination of the neuroscience and neurolinguistics of multilingualism Demonstrates how neuroscience and multilingualism intersect several areas of research, such as neurobiology and experimental psychology Includes works from prominent international scholars and researchers to provide global perspective Reflects cutting-edge research and promising areas of future study in the dynamic field of multilingual neuroscience The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism is an invaluable resource for researchers and scholars in areas including multilingualism, psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, and cognitive science. This versatile work is also an indispensable addition to the classroom, providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students a thorough overview of the field.