TY - BOOK ID - 85472194 TI - Neuroscience and multilingualism PY - 2014 SN - 131605635X 1316053997 1316082369 1316080005 1316070549 1139567772 1316075265 1316072908 1316077632 1108810403 1107036550 1322176817 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cognitive neuroscience KW - Multilingualism KW - Second language acquisition KW - Neurolinguistics. KW - Language acquisition. KW - Acquisition of language KW - Developmental linguistics KW - Developmental psycholinguistics KW - Language and languages KW - Language development in children KW - Psycholinguistics, Developmental KW - Interpersonal communication in children KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Neuro-linguistics KW - Biolinguistics KW - Higher nervous activity KW - Neuropsychology KW - Acquisition UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85472194 AB - How are languages represented in the human brain? Ideas from neuroscience have increasingly been applied to the study of language, exploring the neural processes involved in acquisition, maintenance and loss of language and languages, and the interaction between languages in bi- and multilingual speakers. With a sharp focus on multilingualism, this culmination of cutting-edge research sheds light on this challenging question. Using data from a variety of experiments, this is the first book length study to offer a new neuroscientific model for analysing multilingualism. Alongside a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical and experimental contributions to the field, it presents new data and analysis obtained from a multilingualism fMRI study. It also includes a unique longitudinal study of second and third language acquisition combined with extensive empirically valid language proficiency data of the subjects. A must-read for researchers and advanced students interested in neurolinguistics, second language acquisition, and bi- and multilingualism. ER -