An Introduction to Bilingualism

Section 1. Introduction: Methodological and Theoretical Background 1. Introduction Jeanette Altarriba and Roberto R. Heredia 2. Bilingual Research Methods Viorica Marian 3. Bilingual Mental Models Roberto R. Heredia and Anna B. Cieslicka Section 2. Cognitive and Neurological Mechanisms 4. The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism Crystal J. Robinson and Jeanette Altarriba 5. Multilingualism Processing and Aging Kees de Bot and Nienke Houtzager 6. The Bilingual Brain Angelique Blackburn 7. The Bilingual Brain Revisited: What is Right and What is Left? Jyotsna Vaid Section 3. Creativity and Developmental Principles 8. Bilingualism and Creativty Anatoliy Kharkhurin 9. Bilingualism and Executive Functioning Kenneth R. Paap 10. Bilingualism and Language Cognitive Development Elena Nicoladis and Lisa Smithson Section 4. Social and Socio-Cultural Processes 11. Social Psychology of Bilingualism Luis A. Vega 12. The Social and Cultural Contexts of Bilingualism Barbara E. Bullock and Almeida Jacquline Toribio 14. Code-Switching Dalia Magana Section 5. Linguistics, Second Language Acquistion, and Communication Disorders 15. Linguistic Contributions to Bilingualism Vivian Cook 16. Second Language Acquisiton and Bilingualism Susan Gass and Margo Glew 17. Bilingualism and Communication Disorders M. Adelaida Restrepo, Ashley Adams, and Beatriz Barragan