The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism

"The psycholinguistics of bilingualism is an essential work for those seeking insights into the bilingual mind and our current knowledge of the cognitive basis of billingualism. Written by two leading researchers in the field with contributions from internationally renowned scholars, this textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to bilingual language procesisng, language acquisition, cognition and memory, and the bilingualism. 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 quetions and further reading suggestions. This textbook offers an overview from a unique vantage point, and summing up the issues in subfields of bilingualism research, is sure to inspire readers to keep pushing the discussion forward."--Page 4 of cover.