Cognitive processing in bilinguals

Author(s)

• Harris, Richard Jackson

Bibliographic Information

Cognitive processing in bilinguals

edited by Richard Jackson Harris

（Advances in psychology, 83）

North-Holland , Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1992

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection of 33 papers represents the most current thinking andresearch on the study of cognitive processing in bilingual individuals. Thecontributors include well-known figures in the field and promising newscholars, representing four continents and work in dozens of languages.Instead of the social, political, or educational implications ofbilingualism, the focus is on how bilingual people (mostly adults) thinkand process language.

Table of Contents

Who Are the Bilinguals? Bilingual Memory Lexical Access and Word Recognition in Bilinguals The Role of Syntax in Bilingual Cognitive Processing Language Transfer and Code-Switching in Bilinguals Metalinguistic Skills in Bilinguals Cerebral Lateralization in Bilinguals

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Details

• NCID: BA13903786
• ISBN:
  • 0444889221
• LCCN: 91040682
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam ; New York,New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 592 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF311
  • DC20 : 153
  • NDC8 : 140.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cognition
  • LCSH : Bilingualism
  • LCSH : Bilingualism -- Psychological aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00026154