Understanding language and cognition through bilingualism : in honor of Ellen Bialystok / edited by Gigi Luk [and five others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luk, Gigi, editor.

Series:

Studies in Bilingualism Series

Studies in Bilingualism Series vol. 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism--Psychological aspects.

Bilingualism.

Psycholinguistics.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]

Summary:

"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.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue / Gigi Luk

Section I. Bilingualism is more than speaking two languages

Chapter 2. From the spatial ego to cognitive control : Ellen Bialystok's early work, 1976-1988 / Sibylla Leon Guerrero ; Gigi Luk

Chapter 3. Defining bilingualism as a continuum : some tools and consequences for the study of bilingual mind and brain effects / Jason Rothman ; Fatih Bayram ; Vincent DeLuca ; Jorge Gonzalez Alonso ; Maki Kubota ; Eloi Puig-Mayenco

Chapter 4. Biliteracy / Catherin McBride ; Feteme Mohseni

Chapter 5. Beyond bilingualism : code-switching and its cognitive and social correlates / Odilia Yim

Section II. Bilingualism in development and learning

Chapter 6. Bilingual cognitive differences within the context of socioeconomic status / Natalie H. Brito

Chapter 7. Bilingualism in development : the good, the bad and the unknown / Diane Poulin-Dubois

Chapter 8. Metalinguistic awareness in bilinguals / Deanna Friesen ; Chatine Lamoureux

Chapter 9. Learning through bilingual education : cognitive and academic impacts / Alena G. Esposito ; Sangmi Park

Section III. Cognition and neuroscience of bilingualism

Chapter 10. Models and metaphors : mapping language experience to cognition / Judith F. Kroll ; Eleonora Rossi

Chapter 11. Bilingual language control during conversation / David W. Green ; Jubin Abutalebi

Chapter 12. Domain-general electrophysiological changes associated with bilingualism / John G. Grundy ; Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim

Chapter 13. Bilingualism and functional connectivity : the path to efficiency across the lifespan / John A.E. Anderson

Chapter 14. Bilingualism and brain structure : insights from healthy ageing and progressive neurodegenerative diseases / Christos Pliatsikas

Section IV. Bilingualism, aging, and cognitive reserve. The effects of bilingualism on cognitive functioning in older adults / Fergus I.M. Craik

Chapter 16. Role of bilingualism in neurodegenerative disease I : Alzheimer's / Minahil Shahid; Yu Bin Tan ; Tom A. Schweizer ; Corinne E. Fischer

Chapter 17. Role of bilingualism in neurodegenerative disease II : beyond Alzheimer's / Toms Voits

Chapter 18. The road ahead : Ellen Bialystok's lasting legacy / John A.E. Anderson ; John G. Grundy

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Luk, Gigi Understanding Language and Cognition Through Bilingualism

ISBN:

9789027252821

9027252823

OCLC:

1376789477