Studying bilinguals

Summary: This book, by a recognized expert in bilingualism, examines the definition and characterization of the bilingual person, the perception and production of spoken language by bilinguals, the sign-oral bilingualism of the Deaf, and methodological and conceptual issues in research on bilingualism. - ;Even though more than half the world's population is bilingual, the study of bilinguals has lagged behind that of monolinguals. With this book, which draws on twenty-five years of the author's research, Fran--ccedil--;ois Grosjean contributes significantly to redressing the balance. The volume covers.

Record details

ISBN: 6611341714
ISBN: 9786611341718
ISBN: 9781281341716
ISBN: 1281341711
ISBN: 9780191535857
ISBN: 0191535850
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 314 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Contents; 1 Introduction; Part I: The Bilingual Person; 2 A Wholistic View of Bilingualism; 3 The Complementarity Principle and Language Restructuring; Part II: Language Mode; 4 The Bilingual's Language Modes; 5 Manipulating Language Mode; Part III: The Base-language Effect; 6 The Base-language Effect in Speech Perception; 7 Base-language Effect and Categorical Perception; 8 Is There a Base-language Effect in Speech Production?; Part IV: Spoken Word Recognition in Bilinguals; 9 The Gender Marking Effect in Bilinguals; 10 The Role of Guest-Word Properties; 11 The Léwy and Grosjean BIMOLA Model.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.