Three languages in mind | How activation, inhibition and control processes underly trilingual lexical production

Julia Festman

ISBN 10: 3639146360 / ISBN 13: 9783639146363

Edité par VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

Three languages in mind | How activation, inhibition and control processes underly trilingual lexical production | Julia Festman | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639146363 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. N° de réf. du vendeur 101575751

Synopsis :

How does a trilingual manage to speak only one from among the three languages s/he masters? This accessible book examines the psycholinguistic underpinnings of trilingualism and describes the mechanisms (activation, inhibition and control) taken from cognitive psychology as well as the impact of language proficiency and processing load. Introductory chapters focus on the description of trilinguals and trilingual processing. After reviewing models of language production, the first model for trilingualism is presented. Four stages of language production (access, search, competition, and selection) and a number of lexical phenomena are examined in detail in four experimental studies with different methodologies on spontaneous language production in three languages. A language background questionnaire is also included. This book is especially useful for students and researchers interested in psycholinguistics and its methods, in multilingualism, and for all multilinguals who always wanted to understand why they sometimes say something in the ?wrong? language.

À propos de l?auteur: Julia Festman, M.A., Ph.D.: studied German and French Linguistics/Literature at University of Bamberg and Humboldt University Berlin, and English Linguistics at Bar Ilan University. Project Manager (DFG) at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg/Neuropsychology on Bilinguals? control of language interference and its relation to executive functions.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Three languages in mind | How activation, ...
Éditeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition : 2009
Reliure : Taschenbuch
Etat : Neu