Author: Aneta Pavlenko
Publisher: Multilingual Matter
Keywords: bilingual, education, bilingualism, approaches, interdisciplinary, mental, lexicon
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2009-01-15
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 1847691250
ISBN-13: 9781847691255

How are words organized in the bilingual mind? How are they linked to concepts? How do bi- and multilinguals process words in their multiple languages? Contributions to this volume offer up-to-date answers to these questions and provide a detailed introduction to interdisciplinary approaches used to investigate the bilingual lexicon.

Author: Aneta Pavlenko
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Keywords: bilingual, education, bilingualism, representation, experience, minds, emotional, expression
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2006-03-16
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 1853598720
ISBN-13: 9781853598722

Do bi- and multilinguals perceive themselves differently in their respective languages? Do they experience different emotions? How do they express emotions and do they have a favourite language for emotional expression? How are emotion words and concepts represented in the bi- and multilingual lexicons? This ground-breaking book opens up a new field of study, bilingualism and emotions, and provides intriguing answers to these and many related questions.

Authors:Scott Jarvis, Aneta Pavlenko,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: cognition, language, influence, crosslinguistic
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2010-02-24
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0415879817
ISBN-13: 9780415879811

A cogent, freshly written synthesis of new and classic work concerning crosslinguistic influence, or "transfer," this book will become the authoritative account of transfer in second-language learning and its consequences for language and thought. Transfer in both production and comprehension is treated extensively, and new ideas such as the distinction between semantic and conceptual transfer, lateral transfer, and reverse transfer are given the attention they deserve. The book will be of considerable interest to students and scholars in the fields of second language acquisition, bilingualism