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Heritage Languages: A language contact approach
Suzanne Aalberse, Ad Backus and Pieter Muysken
[Studies in Bilingualism 58] 2019
► pp. 183–202

Chapter 9
Language processing in multilingual speakers

Article outline
  • 9.1Introduction
  • 9.2Core notions in research on language processing in bilingual speakers
  • 9.3Core findings
    • 9.3.1Cross-language interactions
    • 9.3.2Processing differences
    • 9.3.3Language switching and inhibition
    • 9.3.4Summary of preceding discussion
  • 9.4Factors influencing language processing in bilinguals
  • 9.5The issue of age of acquisition
  • 9.6Concluding remarks and perspectives for codeswitching research