Understanding Language and Cognition Through Bilingualism: In Honor of Ellen Bialystok - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 9027213747 ISBN 13 : 9789027213747

Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2023

Synopsis

Bilingualism is a ubiquitous global phenomenon. Beyond being a language experience, bilingualism also entails a social experience, and it interacts with development and learning, with cognitive and neural consequences across the lifespan. The authors of this volume are world renowned experts across several subdisciplines including linguistics, developmental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. They bring to light bilingualism’s cognitive, developmental, and neural consequences in children, young adults, and older adults. This book honors Ellen Bialystok, and highlights her profound impact on the field of bilingualism research as a lifelong experience. The chapters are organized into four sections: The first section explores the complexity of the bilingual experience beyond the common characterization of “speaking multiple languages.” The next section showcases Ellen Bialystok’s earlier impact on psychology and education; here the contributors answer the question “how does being bilingual shape children’s development?” The third section explores cognitive and neuroscientific theories describing how language experience modulates cognition, behavior, and brain structures and functions. The final section shifts the focus to the impact of bilingualism on healthy and abnormal aging and asks whether being bilingual can stave off the effects of dementia by conferring a “cognitive reserve.”

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9027213747
• ISBN 13: 9789027213747
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Luk Gigi, Anderson John A.E., Grundy John G.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible