A neurolinguistic theory of bilingualism / Michel Paradis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paradis, Michel.

Series:

Studies in bilingualism ; v. 18.

Studies in bilingualism, 0928-1533 ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism--Psychological aspects.

Bilingualism.

Bilingualism--Physiological aspects.

Neurolinguistics.

Physical Description:

viii, 299 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is the outcome of 25 years of research into the neurolinguistic aspects of bilingualism. In addition to reviewing the world literature and providing a state-of-the-art account, including a critical assessment of the bilingual neuroimaging studies, it proposes a set of hypotheses about the representation, organization and processing of two or more languages in one brain. It investigates the impact of the various manners of acquisition and use of each language on the extent of involvement of basic cerebral functional mechanisms. The effects of pathology as a means to understanding the normal functioning of verbal communication processes in the bilingual and multilingual brain are explored and compared with data from neuroimaging studies. In addition to its obvious research benefits, the clinical and social reasons for assessment of bilingual aphasia with a measuring instrument that is linguistically and culturally equivalent in each of a patient's languages are stressed. The relationship between language and thought in bilinguals is examined in the light of evidence from pathology. The proposed linguistic theory of bilingualism integrates a neurofunctional model (the components of verbal communication and their relationships: implicit linguistic competence, metalinguistic knowledge, pragmatics, and motivation) and a set of hypotheses about language processing (neurofunctional modularity, the activation threshold, the language/cognition distinction, and the direct access hypothesis).

Contents:

A Neurolinguistic Theory of Bilingualism

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

Preface

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Components of verbal communication

Implicit and explicit memory

Pragmatics

Motivation and affect

The Activation Threshold Hypothesis

Conclusion

CHAPTER 2. Implicit and explicit language processes

The nature of implicit rules

Knowledge is not automatic and competence is not controlled

The role of metalinguistic knowledge in L2 acquisition

The role of implicit/explicit memory in bilingual aphasia and amnesia

The fundamental import of implicit/explicit memory for the study of bilingualism

The critical period hypothesis

CHAPTER 3. Bilingual aphasia

Recovery patterns

Attempted explanations

The assessment of bilingual aphasia

Implications of the implicit/explicit memory dissociation for bilingual aphasia

The contribution of bilingual aphasia research

Implications for rehabilitation

CHAPTER 4. Cerebral lateralization and localization

Differential lateralization

Differential localization

CHAPTER 5. Neurofunctional modularity

Characteristics of neurofunctional modules

Neurofunctional subsystems

Evidence of modularity

Cognition: The Subsystems Hypothesis generalized

The human organ analogy

CHAPTER 6. Neuroimaging studies of the bilingual brain

What do neuroimaging studies of language evidence? How do we know?

The problems with neuroimaging studies

The need for a neurolinguistically informed theory

Results cannot be generalized from single words to "language

Looking for converging evidence

Conclusions

CHAPTER 7. An integrated neurolinguistic perspective on bilingualism

What is represented vs. how it is organized and processed.

Neurofunctional modularity

Language and thought in bilinguals

The Direct Access Hypothesis

The Subsystems Hypothesis

The integration of pragmatics

The integration of conscious and unconscious processing

The integration of motivation and affect

The integration of the various hypothetical constructs

Basic principles of a neurolinguistic theory of bilingualism

Glossary

References

Subject index

The series Studies in Bilingualism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613092427

9781556197383

1556197381

9781283092425

1283092425

9789027285362

9027285365

OCLC:

713010245