Developmental, Modal, and Pathological Variation Linguistic and Cognitive Profiles for Speakers of Linguistically Proximal Languages and Varieties

• Autor Principal: Maria Kambanaros (auth)
• Outros autores: Kleanthes K. Grohmann (auth), Evelina Leivada (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Idioma: inglés
• Publicado: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; (a)typical development; Proximity; executive functions; impaired language; Language variation; multilectalism; cognitive advantage; Varieties; bilingualism
• Acceso en liña: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

One significant area of research in the multifaceted field of bilingualism over the past two decades has been the demonstration, validation, and account of the so-called 'bilingual advantage'. This refers to the hypothesis that bilingual speakers have advanced abilities in executive functi...