Bilingualism
A framework for understanding the mental lexicon
Editors
In the world today, bilingualism is more common than monolingualism. Thus, the default mental lexicon may in fact be the bilingual lexicon. More than ever, social and technological innovation have created a situation in which lexical knowledge may change dramatically throughout an individual’s lifetime. This book offers a new perspective for the understanding of these phenomena and their consequences for the representation of words in the mind and brain. Contributing authors are leaders in the field who provide a re-analysis of key assumptions and a re-focusing of research. They bring new insights and new findings that advance the understanding of both bilingualism and the mental lexicon. This volume serves to generate new directions and advances in bilingualism research.
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition, 6] 2017. xvii, 252 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 4 December 2017
Published online on 4 December 2017
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Author information | pp. ix–xii
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Prologue: Polyglossia as a personal journeyGonia Jarema | pp. 1–5
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The dynamic lexicon: Complex words in bilingual mindsMaya Libben, Mira Goral and Gary Libben | pp. 1–6
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Languages without borders: Reframing the study of the bilingual mental lexiconJyotsna Vaid and Renata F. I. Meuter | pp. 7–26
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The bilingual lexicon: A window into language dynamics and cognitionJudith F. Kroll | pp. 27–48
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Mechanisms underlying word learning in second language acquisitionGabriela Meade and Ton Dijkstra | pp. 49–72
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The bilingual mental lexicon: A dynamic knowledge systemLadan Ghazi Saidi, Tanya Dash and Ana Inés Ansaldo | pp. 73–102
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Non-selective language activation and bilingualism as the default mental lexiconMaya Libben | pp. 103–122
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The influence of contextual cues on representations in the mental lexicon for bilingualsKalinka Timmer, John G. Grundy and Ellen Bialystok | pp. 123–142
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When cognate status produces no benefits: Investigating cognate effects during the processing of code-switched sentencesPaola E. Dussias, Jorge R. Valdés Kroff and Rosa E. Guzzardo Tamargo | pp. 143–180
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Lexical retrieval difficulty in bilingual speakers with and without pathologyMira Goral | pp. 181–196
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Morphological integration and the bilingual lexiconGary Libben, Mira Goral and Harald Baayen | pp. 197–216
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Morphological processing in old-age bilingualsHarald Clahsen and Jana Reifegerste | pp. 217–248
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Index | pp. 249–252
“The works in this volume are based on a truly provocative assumption—that to properly understand the mental lexicon, bilingualism is the correct default context for studying it. For this reason alone, this collection makes a significant contribution. The chapters, all written by leading researchers, provide thorough and compelling analyses, and touch on a comprehensive range of ways to think about the dynamic and integrated nature of the mental lexicon. Graduate students and seasoned researchers alike will profit from the wealth of ideas in this volume. This is a must-have reference for all mental lexicon theorists and researchers.”
Prof. Norman Segalowitz, Concordia University (Montreal)
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFDM: Bilingualism & multilingualism
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009040: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics / General