Chapter 13 Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism in Infancy

• Main Author: Kovács, Ágnes Melinda (auth)
• Other Authors: Nicoladis, Elena (Editor), Montanari, Simona (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2016
• Subjects: linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Bilingualism & multilingualism; Bilingualism; Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Linguistics
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Exposure to multiple languages is a very common phenomenon even during early childhood. Although learning just one language is a major accomplishment in itself, the challenge for infants born in multilingual environments must be still greater. In contemporary societies many children grow up in bilin...