Francois Grosjean (Neuchatel University )

Studying Bilinguals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, by a recognized expert in bilingualism, examines the definition and characterization of the bilingual person, the perception and production of spoken language by bilinguals, the sign-oral bilingualism of the Deaf, and methodological and conceptual issues in research on bilingualism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 173mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780199281299
• ISBN-10: 0199281297
• Artikelnr.: 23406066

Autorenporträt

François Grosjean is Emeritus Professor of Psycholinguistics, Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. He is the author of the much acclaimed Life with Two Languages: An Introduction to Bilingualism (Harvard UP, 1982). In 1997 he founded the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (CUP), which he edited until 2002. In addition to bilingualism, his research focuses on speech perception, comprehension, and production.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
Part I The Bilingual Person
2: A Wholistic View of Bilingualism
3: The Complementarity Principle and Language Restructuring
Part II Language Mode
4: The Bilingual's Language Modes
5: Manipulating Language Mode
Part III The Base-Language Effect
6: The Base-Language Effect in Speech Perception
7: Base-Language Effect and Categorical Perception
8: Is There a Base-Language Effect in Speech Production?
Part IV Spoken Word Recognition in Bilinguals
9: The Gender Marking Effect in Bilinguals
10: The Role of Guest Word Properties
11: The Léwy and Grosjean BIMOLA Model
Part V Biculturalism, Bilingualism, and Deafness
12: The Bicultural Person: A Short Introduction
13: The Bilingualism and Biculturalism of the Deaf
Part VI Methodological Issues in Bilingualism Research
14: Methodological and Conceptual Issues
15: Imaging Bilinguals