Cognitive Processing in Bilinguals (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Cognitive Processing in Bilinguals 4
Copyright Page 5
Preface 6
Table of Contents 8
PART I: WHO ARE THE BILINGUALS? 12
Chapter 1. Bilingualism: Not the Exception Any More 14
Chapter 2. History of Bilingualism Research in Cognitive Psychology 26
Chapter 3. Another View of Bilingualism 62
Chapter 4.The Role of Language Background in Cognitive Processing 74
PART II: BILINGUAL MEMORY 100
Chapter 5. Bilingual Memory Revisited 102
Chapter 6. Cognitive Psychology and Second-language Processing: The Role of Short-term Memory 116
Chapter 7. Working Memory Capacity as a Constraint on L2 Development 134
Chapter 8. Linguistic Relativity Revisited: The Bilingual Word-length Effect in Working Memory during Counting, Remembering Numbers, and Mental Calculation 148
Chapter 9. The Representation of Translation Equivalents in Bilingual Memory 168
Chapter 10. The Influence of Semantic Cues in Learning among Bilinguals at Different Levels of Proficiency in English 186
Chapter 11. Lexical and Conceptual Memory in Fluent and Nonfluent Bilinguals 202
PART III: LEXICAL ACCESS AND WORD RECOGNITION IN BILINGUALS 216
Chapter 12. On the Representation and Use of Language Information in Bilinguals 218
Chapter 13. Orthographic and Lexical Constraints in Bilingual Word Recognition 232
Chapter 14. Phonological Processing in Bilingual Word Recognition 248
Chapter 15. Lexical Processing in Bilingual or Multilingual Speakers 264
Chapter 16. Language as a Factor in the Identification of Ordinary Words and Number Words 276
Chapter 17. Word Recognition in Second-language Reading 294
Chapter 18. A Functional View of Bilingual Lexicosemantic Organization 310
PART IV: THE ROLE OF SYNTAX IN BILINGUAL COGNITIVE PROCESSING 334
Chapter 19. Changes in Sentence Processing as Second Language Proficiency Increases 336
Chapter 20. On-line Integration of Grammatical Information in a Second Language 348
Chapter 21. Non-native Features of Near-native Speakers: On the Ultimate Attainment of Childhood L2 Learners 362
PART V: LANGUAGE TRANSFER AND CODE-SWITCHING IN BILINGUALS 380
Chapter 22. Competition and Transfer in Second Language Learning 382
Chapter 23. An Overview of Cross-language Transfer in Bilingual Reading 402
Chapter 24. Auditory and Visual Speech Perception in Alphabetic and Nonalphabetic Chinese-Dutch Bilinguals 424
Chapter 25. A Study of Interlingual and Intralingual Stroop Effect in Three Different Scripts: Logograph, Syllabary, and Alphabet 438
Chapter 26. Code-switching and Language Dominance 454
Chapter 27. Cultural Influences of a Reading Text on the Concept Formation of Second-language Learners of Two Nigerian Ethnic Groups 470
PART VI: METALINGUISTIC SKILLS IN BILINGUALS 484
Chapter 28. Language Awareness and Language Separation in the Young Bilingual Child 486
Chapter 29. Selective Attention in Cognitive Processing: The Bilingual Edge 512
Chapter 30. Translation Ability: A Natural Bilingual and Metalinguistic Skill 526
Chapter 31. Metalinguistic Awareness in Second- and Third-language Learning 542
PART VII: CEREBRAL LATERALIZATION IN BILINGUALS 558
Chapter 30. Leaning to the Right: Hemispheric Involvement in Bilinguals 560
Chapter 31. Differential Cerebral Lateralization of Chinese-English Bilingual Functions? 572
AUTHORS 584
SUBJECT INDEX 588
AUTHOR INDEX 592