The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism, Second Edition

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The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism, Second Edition

Editor(s): Tej K. Bhatia, William C. Ritchie

Published Online: 3 OCT 2012 02:06AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781444334906

Online ISBN: 9781118332382

DOI: 10.1002/9781118332382

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Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the latest global and interdisciplinary issues across bilingualism and multilingualism.

  • Includes the addition of ten new authors to the contributor team, and coverage of seven new topics ranging from global media to heritage language learning
  • Provides extensively revised coverage of bilingual and multilingual communities, polyglot aphasia, creolization, indigenization, linguistic ecology and endangered languages, multilingualism, and forensic linguistics
  • Brings together a global team of internationally-renowned researchers from different disciplines
  • Covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from neuro- and psycho-linguistic research to studies of media and psychological counseling
  • Assesses the latest issues in worldwide linguistics, including the phenomena and the conceptualization of 'hyperglobalization', and emphasizes geographical centers of global conflict and commerce

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xxiii)

  2. Part I: Overview and Foundations

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      Overview and Foundations (pages 1–4)

      Tej K. Bhatia

    2. Chapter 1

      Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Some Central Concepts (pages 5–25)

      John Edwards

    3. Chapter 2

      Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Bilingualism and Multilingualism Research (pages 26–51)

      Li Wei

  3. Part II: Neurological and Psychological Aspects of Bilingualism and Multilingualism

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      Neurological and Psychological Aspects of Bilingualism and Multilingualism (pages 53–58)

      William C. Ritchie

  4. Part II: Neurological and Psychological Aspects of Bilingualism and Multilingualism - The Neurology of Bilingualism and Multilingualism

    1. Chapter 3

      Bilingual Aphasia: Theoretical and Clinical Considerations (pages 59–83)

      Elizabeth Ijalba, Loraine K. Obler and Shyamala Chengappa

  5. Part II: Neurological and Psychological Aspects of Bilingualism and Multilingualism - Approaches to Bilingualism, Multilingualism, and Second-Language Acquisition

    1. Chapter 4

      The Bilingual Child (pages 85–108)

      Ludovica Serratrice

    2. Chapter 5

      Bilingualism/Multilingualism and Second-Language Acquisition (pages 109–136)

      Yuko Goto Butler

    3. Chapter 6

      Multilingualism: New Perspectives on Syntactic Development (pages 137–167)

      Éva Berkes and Suzanne Flynn

    4. Chapter 7

      Bilingualism and the Heritage Language Speaker (pages 168–189)

      Silvina Montrul

  6. Part II: Neurological and Psychological Aspects of Bilingualism and Multilingualism - Bilingual and Multilingual Language Use: Knowledge, Comprehension, and Production

    1. Chapter 8

      Two Linguistic Systems in Contact: Grammar, Phonology, and Lexicon (pages 191–215)

      Pieter Muysken

    2. Chapter 9

      The Comprehension of Words and Sentences in Two Languages (pages 216–243)

      Judith F. Kroll and Paola E. Dussias

    3. Chapter 10

      An Appraisal of the Bilingual Language Production System: Quantitatively or Qualitatively Different from Monolinguals? (pages 244–265)

      Elin Runnqvist, Ian Fitzpatrick, Kristof Strijkers and Albert Costa

  7. Part II: Neurological and Psychological Aspects of Bilingualism and Multilingualism - Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Memory, Cognition, and Emotion

    1. Chapter 11

      Bilingual Memory (pages 267–291)

      Roberto R. Heredia and Jeffrey M. Brown

    2. Chapter 12

      Bilingualism and Emotion: Implications for Mental Health (pages 292–320)

      Ines Martinovic and Jeanette Altarriba

  8. Part II: Neurological and Psychological Aspects of Bilingualism and Multilingualism - The Bilingual's and Multilingual's Repertoire: Code-Mixing, Code-Switching, and Communication Accommodation

    1. Chapter 13

      Code-Switching and Grammatical Theory (pages 321–350)

      Jeff MacSwan

    2. Chapter 14

      Sign Language–Spoken Language Bilingualism and the Derivation of Bimodally Mixed Sentences (pages 351–374)

      Gerald P. Berent

    3. Chapter 15

      Social and Psychological Factors in Language Mixing (pages 375–390)

      William C. Ritchie and Tej K. Bhatia

    4. Chapter 16

      Accommodating Multilinguality (pages 391–416)

      Itesh Sachdev, Howard Giles and Anne Pauwels

    5. Chapter 17

      Bilingualism and Gesture (pages 417–437)

      Marianne Gullberg

  9. Part III: Societal Bilingualism/Multilingualism and its Effects

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      Societal Bilingualism/Multilingualism and its Effects (pages 439–442)

      Tej K. Bhatia

  10. Part III: Societal Bilingualism/Multilingualism and its Effects - Language Contact, Maintenance, and Endangerment

    1. Chapter 18

      The Bilingual and Multilingual Community (pages 443–465)

      Suzanne Romaine

    2. Chapter 19

      Language Maintenance, Language Shift, and Reversing Language Shift (pages 466–494)

      Joshua A. Fishman

    3. Chapter 20

      Linguistic Imperialism and Endangered Languages (pages 495–516)

      Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas

    4. Chapter 21

      Multilingualism, Indigenization, and Creolization (pages 517–541)

      Jeff Siegel

    5. Chapter 22

      Multilingualism and Family Welfare (pages 542–562)

      Xiao-Lei Wang

  11. Part III: Societal Bilingualism/Multilingualism and its Effects - Bilingualism and Multilingualism: The Media, Education, Literacy, and the Law

    1. Chapter 23

      Bilingualism and Multilingualism in the Global Media and Advertising (pages 563–597)

      Tej K. Bhatia and William C. Ritchie

    2. Chapter 24

      Bilingual Education (pages 598–623)

      Wayne E. Wright

    3. Chapter 25

      The Impact of Bilingualism on Language and Literacy Development (pages 624–648)

      Ellen Bialystok

    4. Chapter 26

      Bilingualism and Writing Systems (pages 649–670)

      Benedetta Bassetti

    5. Chapter 27

      Multilingualism and Forensic Linguistics (pages 671–699)

      Tej K. Bhatia and William C. Ritchie

  12. Part IV: Global Perspectives and Challenges: Case Studies

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      Global Perspectives and Challenges: Case Studies (pages 701–705)

      William C. Ritchie

    2. Chapter 28

      Bilingualism and Multilingualism in North America (pages 707–724)

      William F. MacKey

    3. Chapter 29

      Bilingualism in Latin America (pages 725–744)

      Anna María Escobar

    4. Chapter 30

      Bilingualism in Europe* (pages 745–769)

      Andrée Tabouret-Keller

    5. Chapter 31

      Turkish as an Immigrant Language in Europe (pages 770–790)

      Ad Backus

    6. Chapter 32

      Multilingualism in Southern Africa (pages 791–812)

      Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu

    7. Chapter 33

      Multilingualism in Greater China and the Chinese Language Diaspora (pages 813–842)

      Sherman Lee and David C. S. Li

    8. Chapter 34

      Bilingualism and Multilingualism in South Asia (pages 843–870)

      Tej K. Bhatia and William C. Ritchie

    9. Chapter 35

      Multilingualism and Language Renewal in Ex-Soviet Central Asia (pages 871–898)

      Birgit N. Schlyter

    10. Chapter 36

      Bilingualism/Multilingualism in the Middle East and North Africa: A Focus on Cross-National and Diglossic Bilingualism/Multilingualism (pages 899–919)

      Judith Rosenhouse

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      Index (pages 920–940)

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