Bilingualism Across the Lifespan Aspects of Acquisition, Maturity and Loss

Name: Bilingualism Across the Lifespan Aspects of Acquisition, Maturity and Loss
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ISBN: 9780521359986

ISBN-10: 0521359988

ISBN-13: 9780521359986

Edition: 1989

Authors: Kenneth Hyltenstam, Loraine K. Obler

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In this broad overview of current theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of bilingualism, the contributors examine the dynamics of bilingual language processing over time from the perspectives of neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. This multidisciplinary approach is fundamental to an understanding of how the bilingual's two (or more) language systems interact with each other and with other higher cognitive systems, neurological substrates, and social systems. Contributors examine the nature of bilingualism during various phases of the life cycle and in various health/pathology conditions. Topics range from code separation in the young bilingual child, across…

Book details

List price: $52.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/29/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



List of contributors


Preface



Bilingualism across the lifespan: an introduction




Early differentiation of languages in bilingual children




Variation in children's ability to learn second languages




Idiomaticity as an indicator of second language proficiency




Prefabs, patterns and rules in interaction? Formulaic speech in adult learners' L2 Swedish




The imperfect conditional




Spanish, Japanese and Chinese speakers' acquisition of English relative clauses: new evidence for the head-direction parameter




Distinguishing language contact phenomena: evidence from Finnish-English bilingualism




The boustrophedal brain: laterality and dyslexia in bi-directional readers




Deterioration and creativity in childhood bilingualism




Crosslinguistic influence in language loss




Bilingualism in Alzheimer's dementia: two case studies




Language processing in the bilingual: evidence from language mixing



Index