Traditional research in bilingualism has consistently found that switching languages is
effortful, placing demands on neural systems of cognitive control. This finding runs counter to …

The primary goal of research on the functional and neural architecture of bilingualism is to
elucidate how bilingual individuals' language architecture is organized such that they can …

Proficient bilinguals use two languages actively, but the contexts in which they do so may
differ dramatically. The present study asked what consequences the contexts of language …

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 …

We report three experiments on two groups of Spanish–English bilinguals who differed in
codeswitching experience (codeswitchers and non-codeswitchers) to examine how different …

Bilingual language switching has been studied extensively in cued picture naming
paradigms, instructing bilinguals when to switch between languages. However, in daily life …

In the past two decades, new research on multilingualism has changed our understanding of
the consequences of learning and using two or more languages for cognition, for the brain …

The ability to engage in fluent codeswitching is a hallmark of the flexibility and creativity of
bilingual language use. Recent discoveries have changed the way we think about …

This volume is the first handbook dedicated to language attrition, the study of how a
speaker's language may be affected by crosslinguistic interference and non-use. The effects …

Increasing evidence suggests that bilingualism does not, in itself, result in a particular
pattern of response, revealing instead a complex and multidimensional construct that is …