It has been claimed that bilingual experience leads to an enhancement of cognitive control
across the lifespan, a claim that has been investigated by comparing monolingual and …

Because of enduring experience of managing two languages, bilinguals have been argued
to develop superior executive functioning compared with monolinguals. Despite extensive …

Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

According to some estimates, more than half of the world's population is multilingual to some
extent. Because of the centrality of language use to human experience and the deep …

Eye Tracking in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism provides foundational
knowledge and hands-on advice for designing, conducting, and analysing eye-tracking …

This chapter introduces the concept of linguistic multi-competence and sets the scene for the
rest of the book. It looks first at issues of definition and then at three premises that have …

Contemporary research on bilingualism has been framed by two major discoveries. In the
realm of language processing, studies of comprehension and production show that …

Winner of the 2011 Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize Exploring fluency from multiple vantage
points that together constitute a cognitive science perspective, this book examines research …

The use of two or more languages is common in most of the world. Yet, until recently,
bilingualism was considered to be a complicating factor for language processing, cognition …

It is with renewed appreciation for the size of the task that I come to writing the present
chapter. The number of special issues of journals dedicated to im/politeness these days …