Bilingualism in Action
Bilingualism in Action Bilingual language behaviour is driven by numerous factors that are usually studied in isolation, even though individual factors never operate alone. The model enables readers…
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Bilingualism in Action
Bilingual language behaviour is driven by numerous factors that are usually studied in isolation, even though individual factors never operate alone. The model enables readers to explain traditional puzzles in the field, and accounts for some apparently contradictory reports in different studies. Bringing together key insights from psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics, Luna Filipovic presents a new model of bilingual language processing that captures bilingualism within and across minds.
Bilinguals are studied in action, when they interact with other bilinguals or monolinguals, when they recall witnessed events in real life and in the lab and when they translate and interpret for the benefit of monolinguals. It shows how theory can be applied in practice and how practice feeds back into theory, with mutual benefits. This interdisciplinary take on bilingualism in action will lead to