Psycholinguistics–the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge
structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language–had a …

Despite an impressive psycholinguistic effort to explore the way in which two or more
languages are represented and controlled, controversy surrounds both issues. We argue …

▪ Abstract Neuronal circuits are shaped by experience during critical periods of early
postnatal life. The ability to control the timing, duration, and closure of these heightened …

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and
pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field. It …

Code-switching—the alternating use of two languages in the same stretch of discourse by a
bilingual speaker—is a dominant topic in the study of bilingualism and a phenomenon that …

The hypothesis that children surpass adults in long-term second-language proficiency is
accepted as evidence for a critical period for language. However, the scope and nature of a …

NE INCIDENT DURING my years as a PhD student changed my views on Oacademic
research considerably: I was drafting a joint paper with my supervisor, Lesley Milroy, and in …

Welche Faktoren beeinflussen das Erlernen einer Fremdsprache, und was folgt daraus für
den Fremdsprachenunterricht? Dieser Schlüsselfrage unterrichtlichen Geschehens geht die …

This article addresses age-related attainment effects in second language acquisition, posing
the question of whether such effects are to be explained in terms of a Critical Period with a …

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly
updated fourth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student …