The Bilingualism Reader

by Wei; Li

• ISBN13: 9780415355544
• ISBN10: 0415355540
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Bilingualism Readeris the definitive reader for the study of bilingualism. Designed as an integrated and structured student resource it provides invaluable editorial material that guides the reader through different sections and covers: definitions and typology of bilingualism language choice and bilingual interaction bilingualism, identity and ideology grammar of code-switching and bilingual acquisition bilingual production and perception the bilingual brain methodological issues in the study of bilingualism. The second edition of this best selling volume includes nine new chapters and postscripts written by the authors of the original articles, who evaluate them in the light of recent research. Critical discussion of research methods, revised graded study questions and activities, a comprehensive glossary, and an up-to-date resource list make The Bilingualism Readeran essential introductory text for students of linguistics, psychology and education.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
How to use the Reader	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Dimensions of bilingualism	p. 3
Notes for students and instructors	p. 23
Sociolinguistic Dimensions of Bilingualism	p. 25
Introduction to Part One	p. 27
Language Choice	p. 31
Diglossia	p. 33
Bilingualism with and without diglossia; diglossia with and without bilingualism	p. 47
Who speaks what language to whom and when?	p. 55
Notes for students and instructors	p. 71
Bilingual Interaction	p. 73
Social meaning in linguistic structure: code-switching in Norway	p. 75
Code-switching as indexical of social negotiations	p. 97
The pragmatics of code-switching: a sequential approach	p. 123
A two-step sociolinguistic analysis of code-switching and language choice: the example of a bilingual Chinese community in Britain	p. 139
Notes for students and instructors	p. 159
Identity and Ideology	p. 161
Code-switching and the politics of language	p. 163
Language crossing and the problematisation of ethnicity and socialisation	p. 177
Notes for students and instructors	p. 203
Linguistic Dimensions of Bilingualism	p. 205
Introduction to Part Two	p. 207
Grammar of Code-Switching	p. 211
Sometimes I'll start a sentence in Spanish y termino en espanol: toward a typology of code-switching	p. 213
Matching lemmas in a bilingual language competence and production model: evidence from intrasentential code-switching	p. 244
Code-switching and grammatical theory	p. 280
Notes for students and instructors	p. 298
Bilingual Acquisition	p. 301
The acquisition and development of language by bilingual children	p. 303
Early bilingual language development: one language or two?	p. 320
Code-switching in young bilingual children: the acquisition of grammatical constraints	p. 336
Notes for students and instructors	p. 360
Psycholinguistic and Neurolinguistic Dimensions of Bilingualism	p. 363
Introduction to Part Three	p. 365
Bilingual Processing	p. 369
Control, activation, and resource: a framework and a model for the control of speech in bilinguals	p. 371
A bilingual production model: Levelt's 'speaking' model adapted	p. 384
Lexical and conceptual memory in the bilingual: mapping form to meaning in two languages	p. 405
The bilingual's language modes	p. 428
Notes for students and instructors	p. 450
The Bilingual Brain	p. 453
Cerebral lateralization in bilinguals: methodological issues	p. 455
Language lateralization in bilinguals: enough already!	p. 467
The bilingual brain as revealed by functional neuroimaging	p. 475
Notes for students and instructors	p. 492
Conclusion: Methodological issues in the study of bilingualism	p. 495
Notes for students and instructors	p. 505
Resource list	p. 507
Glossary	p. 511
Bibliography	p. 517
Index	p. 569
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