Memory, Language, and Bilingualism Theoretical and Applied Approaches [Paperback]

A comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the study of memory, language and cognitive processing across various populations of bilingual speakers.From recent advances in studies on bilingual memory, to studies on the role of the brain in language processing and second language forgetting, this volume provides an integrated theoretical/real-world approach to second language learning, use and processing from a cognitive perspective.From recent advances in studies on bilingual memory, to studies on the role of the brain in language processing and second language forgetting, this volume provides an integrated theoretical/real-world approach to second language learning, use and processing from a cognitive perspective.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 to second language learning, use and processing from a cognitive perspective. A strong international and interdisciplinary team of contributors present the results of various explorations into bilingual language processing, from recent advances in studies on bilingual memory to studies on the role of the brain in language processing and language forgetting. This is a strong yet balanced combination of theoretical/overview contributions and accounts of novel, original, empirical studies which will educate readers on the relationship between theory, cognitive experimentation and data and their role in understanding language learning and practice.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 memoryló-