Bilingualism Across the Lifespan: Factors Moderating Language Proficiency

✍ Scribed by Elena Nicoladis, Simona Montanari

• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 403
• Series: Language and the Human Lifespan
• Edition: 1.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book pioneers the study of bilingualism across the lifespan and in all its diverse forms. In framing the newest research within a lifespan perspective, the editors highlight the importance of considering an individual's age in researching how bilingualism affects language acquisition and cognitive development. A key theme is the variability among bilinguals, which may be due to a host of individual and sociocultural factors, including the degree to which bilingualism is valued within a particular context. Thus, this book is a call for language researchers, psychologists, and educators to pursue a better understanding of bilingualism in our increasingly global society.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
1 Shifting Perspectives on Bilingualism......Page 21
I Early Bilingualism......Page 34
2 Early Bilingualism: From Differentiation to the Impact of Family Language Practices......Page 35
3 Speech Perception in Simultaneously Bilingual Infants......Page 57
4 Early Lexical Development in Bilingual Infants and Toddlers......Page 79
5 Code-Switching in Childhood......Page 98
II Factors Affecting Bilingualism Across the Lifespan......Page 119
6 Quantity and Quality of Language Input in Bilingual Language Development......Page 120
7 Factors Moderating Proficiency in Bilingual Speakers......Page 142
8 Age of Onset of Bilingualism Effects and Availability of Input in First Language Attrition......Page 162
9 Age of Second-Language Acquisition: Critical Periods and Social Concerns......Page 186
10 Code-Switching in Adulthood......Page 206
III Academic Achievement and Literacy in Bilinguals......Page 226
11 Bilingualism and Academic Achievement in Children in Dual Language Programs......Page 227
12 Literacy in Adulthood: Reading in Two Languages......Page 251
IV Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism......Page 274
13 Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism in Infancy......Page 275
14 Bilingual Speakers’ Cognitive Development in Childhood......Page 298
15 Cognitive and Emotional Effects of Bilingualism in Adulthood......Page 315
16 The Contribution of Bilingualism to Cognitive Reserve in Healthy Aging and Dementia......Page 337
V Conclusion......Page 357
Concluding Remarks and Future Directions......Page 358
Index......Page 365
About the Editors......Page 401
Footnotes......Page 403