Bilingualism Across the Lifespan: Opportunities and Challenges for Cognitive Research in a Global Society

ISBN-13: 9781138500822 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 186 str.

Wendy S. Francis

Opis

Bringing together leading international contributors, the book provides the reader with a better understanding of the nature of bilingualism and bilingual research as it relates to human cognition. It will be an essential read for all researchers and upper level students of bilingualism and cognitive psychology more generally.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to the Volume Wendy S. Francis  Part 1: What Every Cognitive Psychologist Needs to Know about Bilingualism  2. Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism: An Evolving Perspective Ellen Bialystok  3. Bilingualism Moves us Beyond the Ideal Speaker Narrative in Cognitive Psychology Mehrgol Tiv, Ethan Kutlu, & Debra Titone  4. Including Bilingual Participants in Cognitive Research  Anat Prior & Janet G. van Hell  Part 2: Challenges Inherent in Cognitive Research with Bilingual Participants and Bilingual Materials  5. Diversity of Bilingual Circumstances and Implications for Language and Cognition Allison M. Wilck & Jeanette Altarriba  6. Assessment of Language Proficiency and Dominance in Monolinguals and Bilinguals Elizabeth D. Peña, Lisa M. Bedore, & Julio Torres  7. Design Challenges: Development of Bilingual Materials and Making Appropriate Comparisons Natasha Tokowicz & Tamar Degani  Part 3: Opportunities Created by Including Bilingual Participants and Bilingual Materials in Cognitive Research  8. Using Existing Cognitive Constructs to Better Understand Bilingual Memory Wendy S. Francis  9. Adapting Monolingual-Based Models and Frameworks to Bilingualism: Opportunities and Obstacles Ana I. Schwartz  10. Bilingualism in Deaf and Hearing Signers: A Window into the Dynamics of Language Variation Jill P. Morford & Judith F. Kroll  Index

O autorze

Wendy S. Francis is the Mary H. C. Stern and J. Edward Stern Endowed Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her research focuses on mental representations and processes in implicit, semantic, and associative memory, with an emphasis on bilingual memory.