Bilingualism Across the Lifespan: Factors Moderating Language Proficiency

403 Pages·2016·6.49 MB·English

by  Elena Nicoladis

Edited by Elena Nicoladis and Simona Montanari
Bilingualism Across the Lifespan
Language and the Human Lifespan
Series
Bilingualism Across the Lifespan:
Factors Moderating Language Proficiency
Edited by Elena Nicoladis and Simona Montanari

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Names: Nicoladis, Elena editor. | Montanari, Simona (Linguist), editor.
Title: Bilingualism across the lifespan : factors moderating language proficiency / Edited by
Elena Nicoladis and Simona Montanari.
Description: Washington, DC ; American Psychological Association : Berlin ;Walter de Gruyter,
[2016] | Series: Language and the Human Lifespan | Includes bibliographical references and
index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016000486 | ISBN 9781433822834 | ISBN 1433822830
Subjects: LCSH: Language acquisition—Age factors. | Second language acquisition. |
Bilingualism. | Cognitive learning. | Psycholinguistics.
Classification: LCC P118.65 .B5 2016 | DDC 401/.93—dc23
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First Edition
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/14939-000
Contents
Contributors
Simona Montanari and Elena Nicoladis
Introduction
Fred Genesee
1 Shifting Perspectives on Bilingualism
I Early Bilingualism
Suzanne Quay and Simona Montanari
2 Early Bilingualism: From Differentiation to the Impact of Famil
y Language Practices
Christopher T. Fennell, Angeline Sin-Mei Tsui, and Tamara M.
Hudon
3 Speech Perception in Simultaneously Bilingual Infants
Barbara T. Conboy and Simona Montanari
4 Early Lexical Development in Bilingual Infants and Toddlers
W. Quin Yow, Ferninda Patrycia, and Suzanne Flynn
5 Code-Switching in Childhood
II Factors Affecting Bilingualism Across the Lifespan
Sharon Unsworth
6 Quantity and Quality of Language Input in Bilingual Language
Development
Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole
7 Factors Moderating Proficiency in Bilingual Speakers
Silvina Montrul
8 Age of Onset of Bilingualism Effects and Availability of Input i
n First Language Attrition
David Birdsong and Jan Vanhove
9 Age of Second-Language Acquisition: Critical Periods and So
cial Concerns
Jeff MacSwan
10 Code-Switching in Adulthood
III Academic Achievement and Literacy in Bilinguals
Kathryn Lindholm-Leary
11 Bilingualism and Academic Achievement in Children in Dual
Language Programs
Judith F. Kroll, Jason Gullifer, and Megan Zirnstein
12 Literacy in Adulthood: Reading in Two Languages
IV Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism
Ágnes Melinda Kovács
13 Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism in Infancy
Elena Nicoladis
14 Bilingual Speakers’ Cognitive Development in Childhood
Max R. Freeman, Anthony Shook, and Viorica Marian
15 Cognitive and Emotional Effects of Bilingualism in Adulthood
Hilary D. Duncan and Natalie A. Phillips
16 The Contribution of Bilingualism to Cognitive Reserve in Heal
thy Aging and Dementia
V Conclusion
Simona Montanari and Elena Nicoladis
Concluding Remarks and Future Directions
Index
About the Editors
Footnotes
Contributors
David Birdsong, PhD
Department of French and Italian
University of Texas at Austin
Barbara T. Conboy, PhD
Department of Communicative Disorders
University of Redlands
Redlands, CA
Hilary D. Duncan, MA
Department of Psychology
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Christopher T. Fennell, PhD
School of Psychology & Department of Linguistics
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Suzanne Flynn, PhD
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Max R. Freeman, MS
Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole, PhD
Linguistics Program
Florida International University
Miami, FL
Fred Genesee, PhD
Department of Psychology
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Jason Gullifer, PhD
Department of Psychology