Memory, language, and bilingualism : theoretical and applied approaches /

Memory, language, and bilingualism : theoretical and applied approaches / edited by Jeanette Altarriba and Ludmila Isurin.

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"The relationship between memory and language and the topic of bilingualism are important areas of research in both psychology and linguistics and are grounded in cognitive and linguistic paradigms, theories and experimentation. This volume provides an integrated theoretical/real-world approach...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Altarriba, Jeanette, 1964-, Isurin, Ludmila
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Bilingualism > Psychological aspects.
Cognition.
Memory.
Psycholinguistics.
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction Jeanette Altarriba and Ludmila Isurin; 1. Bilingual memory: structure, access, and processing James Bartolotti and Viorica Marian; 2. Lexical competition in localist and distributed connectionist models of L2 acquisition Ton Dijkstra, Femke Haga, Alex Bijsterveld and Ida Sprinkhuizen-Kuyper; 3. Working memory and (second) language processing Arnaud Szmalec, Marc Brysbaert and Wouter Duyck; 4. Working memory in simultaneous interpreters Teresa M. Signorelli and Loraine Obler; 5. Using electrophysiological measures to track the mapping of words to concepts in the bilingual brain: a focus on translation Janet G. van Hell and Judith F. Kroll; 6. Age effects in L2 learning: comparing child and adult learners' performance on tests of implicit and explicit memory Pavel Trofimovich, Sandra Martin-Chang and Kyle Levesque; 7. Bilingualism, language and aging Mira Goral; 8. Crossovers and codeswitching in the investigation of immigrant autobiographical memory Carmit Altman, Robert W. Schrauf and Joel Walters; 9. Linguistic relativity and bilingualism Panos Athanasopoulos and Fraibet Aveledo; 10. Testing effects for novel word learning in Chinese-English bilinguals Chi-Shing Tse and Xiaoping Pu; 11. The lexicon in second language attrition: what happens when the cat's got your tongue? Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig and David Stringer; 12. Memory and first language forgetting Ludmila Isurin; 13. Future research directions: bilingualism, memory, and language Jeanette Altarriba.
  • Memory, Language, and Bilingualism
  • Title
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Introduction
  • 1. Bilingual memory: structure, access, and processing
  • Abstract
  • Structure of bilingual memory
  • Long-term memory in bilinguals
  • Short-term memory in bilinguals
  • Phonological working memory in bilinguals
  • Bilingual memory access
  • Episodic memory access
  • Semantic memory access during language comprehension
  • Semantic memory access during language production
  • Information processing in bilinguals
  • Modeling bilingual processing
  • Novel language learning and processing
  • Conclusions.
  • 2. Lexical competition in localist and distributed connectionist models of L2 acquisitionAbstract
  • Models of bilingual processing and L2 learning
  • Localist connectionist models in bilingualism
  • Distributed connectionist models in bilingualism
  • Developing localist and distributed connectionist models of L2 learning
  • Using BIA+ as a localist connectionist model of L2 learning
  • A distributed connectionist model of L2 learning: the Revised BSN
  • General discussion
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Working memory and (second) language processing
  • Abstract
  • From intelligence testing to working memory.
  • How working memory supports language acquisitionWhy a working memory for verbal information
  • Verbal working memory and the learning of new words
  • The importance of serial-order memory for novel word learning
  • Verbal working memory and second language word learning
  • Working memory involvement in other aspects of language processing
  • How language processing supports working memory
  • Executive control advantages in bilingualism
  • Working memory capacity and bilingualism
  • Conclusions
  • 4. Working memory in simultaneous interpreters
  • Abstract
  • Working memory.
  • WM in interpreters: evidence from the literatureEvidence of superior interpreter performance over non-interpreters
  • Evidence of parity of WM skill in interpreters and non-interpreters
  • Why the contradictory findings
  • Methodological variation
  • Written versus auditory stimuli
  • Semantic weight of the stimulus
  • Small participant populations
  • Limited background information
  • Experience and expertise
  • Cross-linguistic differences
  • First versus second language performance
  • Overview of the findings.
  • 5. Using electrophysiological measures to track the mapping of words to concepts in the bilingual brain: a focus on translationAbstract
  • The Revised Hierarchical Model
  • Behavioral evidence for the activation of the L1 translation
  • Basic principles of EEGs/ERPs in language research
  • ERP evidence on translation in bilinguals
  • ERP translation-priming studies
  • ERP translation-recognition studies
  • ERP evidence on translation and the Revised Hierarchical Model: concluding remarks.
  • 6. Age effects in L2 learning: comparing child and adult learners' performance on tests of implicit and explicit memory.

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