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Informationen zum Autor Francois Grosjean is Professor Emeritus of Psycholinguistics at Neuchatel University! Switzerland. His many publications on bilingualism include three books: Life with Two Languages: An Introduction to Bilingualism (1982)! Studying Bilinguals (2008)! and Bilingual: Life and Reality (2010). The latter was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. He is a Founding Editor of the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition and was its first Coordinating Editor. Ping Li is Professor of Psychology! Linguistics! and Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. His books include The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics: Volume 1! Chinese (co-edited with L-H. Tan! E. Bates! and O. Tzeng! 2006)! and The Expression of Time (co-edited with W. Klein! 2009). He is Editor of the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition ! and is on the Editorial Board of four other prominent journals. Klappentext The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism is an essential resource for those seeking insights into the bilingual mind and our current knowledge of the cognitive basis of bilingualism. Written by two leading researchers in the field with contributions from internationally-renowned scholars, this textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to bilingual language processing, language acquisition, cognition and memory, and the bilingual brain. Students are introduced to various approaches currently employed in the study of the psycholinguistics of bilingualism, including observation, experimentation, verbal and computational modeling, and brain imaging. Each chapter concludes with research questions and further reading suggestions. This textbook offers an overview from a unique vantage point, and in summing up the issues in the subfields of bilingualism research, is sure to inspire readers to keep pushing the discussion forward. "This book exceeded my expectations, and I find it difficult to point out shortcomings, as it is perfectly aligned with its declared aims." ( The LINGUIST List , 1 May 2013) Zusammenfassung The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism presents a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of bilingualism! covering language processing! language acquisition! cognition and the bilingual brain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Author Biographies vii Introduction 1 1 Bilingualism: A Short Introduction 5 Francois Grosjean 1.1 The Extent of Bilingualism 6 1.2 Describing Bilinguals 7 1.3 The Functions of Languages 11 1.4 Language Mode 14 1.5 Interacting with Bilinguals and Monolinguals 17 1.6 Biculturalism 21 I SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING 27 2 Speech Perception and Comprehension 29 Francois Grosjean 2.1 From the Speech Wave to the Mental Representation 30 2.2 Processing Monolingual Speech 33 2.3 Processing Bilingual Speech 39 3 Speech Production 50 Francois Grosjean 3.1 From Thought to Articulation 51 3.2 Producing Monolingual Speech 52 3.3 Language Production in Bilinguals Is a Dynamic Process 54 3.4 Producing Bilingual Speech 59 II WRITTEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING 71 4 Reading 73 Annette M.B. de Groot 4.1 An Outline of the Reading Process 74 4.2 Word Recognition in Bilinguals 76 4.3 Models of Bilingual Visual Word Recognition 87 4.4 Sentence Processing in Bilinguals 91 5 Writing 100 Rosa M. Manchon 5.1 The Psycholinguistics of Bilingual Writing: Mapping the Terrain 102 5.2 Bilingual Text Production Activity: Processes and Strategies 105 5.3 The Transfer of Knowledge and Skills in Bilingual Writing 111 III LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 117 6 Simultaneous Language Acquisition 119 Virginia Yip 6.1 Theoretical Issues 121 6.2 Methodological Issues 124 6.3 Early Developmental Stages and Language Differentiation 129 6.4 Cross-linguistic Infl uence 130 6.5 Code-mixing 133 6.6 Extensions and Applications 137 7 Successive Language Acquis...
