This chapter reviews recent studies of cognitive and linguistic correlates of exposure to two
languages in infancy and early childhood. Most of the studies reviewed directly compare …

Despite the often-reported finding that multilingual children may temporarily possess less
advanced lexical or grammatical skills in at least one of their languages than monolingual …

Purpose We examined the association of bilingual exposure with structural and pragmatic
language development in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Method …

The present study compares the performance of multilingual children speaking Cypriot
Greek, Standard Modern Greek, and English (and sometimes an additional language) …

This special issue presents the current state of second language pragmatics research and
instruction situated in the broader scope of globalization. Seven empirical articles included …

An accessible and thorough introduction to implicatures, a key topic in all frameworks of
pragmatics. Starting with a definition of the various types of implicatures in Gricean, neo …

We report the results of a study which tested receptive Italian grammatical competence and
general cognitive abilities in bilingual Italian–Sardinian children and age-matched …

Recent research indicates that bilingual children are more proficient in resolving cognitive
conflict than monolinguals. However, the replicability of such findings has been questioned …

Recent research has reported superior socio-communicative skills in bilingual children. We
examined the hypothesis of a bilingual pragmatic advantage by testing bilingual, bi-dialectal …

In this chapter, the development of pragmatic abilities in children is described. Pragmatic
abilities are a multifaceted skill. It is argued that using and interpreting language in …