Edited by
Roberto Heredia, Texas A&M International University
J. Altarriba, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA
Description
Bilingual Sentence Processing provides an overview of the literature on bilingual sentence processing from a psycholinguistic
and linguistic perspective. The editors have chosen noted researchers in the field of bilingual language processing. Research focuses
on both the visual and spoken modalities including specific areas of research interest including an integrated review of methods and
the utility of those methods which allows readers to have the appropriate background and context for the chapters that follow. Next,
issues surrounding acquisition and pragmatic usage are covered with a focus on code-switching and the actual parsing of sentence material
both within and between languages. Third, issues regarding memory, placing language in a broader context, are explored as the connection
between language, memory, and perception is reviewed for bilingual speakers. Finally, all of this work has direct implications for educational
settings–specifically issues surrounding the assessment of proficiency, the development and nature of dominance, and the acquisition
of reading skills and reading comprehension for bilingual speakers.
Included in series
Advances in Psychology
