The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational aspects of bilingualism. Covering language processing, acquisition, cognition, and the bilingual brain, this book is designed to be accessible for non-specialists with little prior exposure to the field. It introduces readers to various methodological approaches such as observation, experimentation, verbal and computational modeling, and brain imaging techniques. The text delves into both spoken and written language processing, simultaneous and successive acquisition of languages, bilingual memory, cognitive effects, and neurolinguistic and neuro-computational models of the bilingual brain. Authored by leading researchers in the field and co-authored with contributions from internationally-renowned scholars, this accessible guide features chapter-by-chapter research questions, making it an essential resource for those seeking insights into the bilingual mind and our current understanding of its cognitive basis.
