Acquiring and speaking a second language increases demand on the processes of
language control for bilingual as compared to monolingual speakers. Language control for …

This paper proposes that different experimental contexts (single or dual language contexts)
permit different neural loci at which words in the target language can be selected. However …

We report two experiments exploring more in detail the bilingual advantage in conflict
resolution tasks. In particular, we focus on the origin of the bilingual advantage on overall …

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 …

The need of bilinguals to continuously control two languages during speech production may
exert general effects on their attentional networks. To explore this issue we compared the …

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 …

This book is intended to give you a broad overview of Applied Linguistics. It will introduce
you to important areas in the field, and familiarize you with the key issues in each of those …

The “weaker links” hypothesis proposes that bilinguals are disadvantaged relative to
monolinguals on speaking tasks because they divide frequency-of-use between two …

Bilingual children have been shown to outperform monolingual children on tasks measuring
executive functioning skills. This advantage is usually attributed to bilinguals' extensive …