Language and cognition in bilinguals and multilinguals an introduction
Psycholinguistics - the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language - had a strong monolingual orientation during the first four decades following its emergence around 1950. The awareness that a l...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY ; Hove :
Psychology Press
c2011.
New York, NY ; Hove : [2011] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798319306719 |
| Sumario: | Psycholinguistics - the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language - had a strong monolingual orientation during the first four decades following its emergence around 1950. The awareness that a large part of mankind speaks more than one language - that this may impact both on the way each individual language is used and on the thought processes of bilinguals and multilinguals, and that, consequently, our theories on human linguistic ability and its role in non-linguistic cognition are in |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (529 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781136897221 9781136897238 9781283037037 9786613037039 9780203841228 |
