International Journal of Bilingualism articles from June 2002

International Journal of Bilingualism archives from June 2002

Bilingual language switching and the frontal lobes: modulatory control in language selection *. (Main Articles).
June 1, 2002... Abstract Bilinguals typically show a cost of switching between their two languages. When asked to name single numerals rapidly and unpredictably in one or the other language, nonbalanced bilinguals demonstrate markedly slower responses on...

Young monolingual and bilingual children's responses to violation of the mutual exclusivity principle *.
June 1, 2002... Abstract The mutual exclusivity principle, which states that an object category can have only one name, has been shown to be used by toddlers and preschool-aged children (Markman, 1991). Studies of the mutual exclusivity principle in...

One day in the life of a "purist" *.
June 1, 2002... Abstract This paper reports on an experimental study. Twelve university students were asked (a) not to speak any English for one day (b) to record examples of English words that they wanted to use but could not; (c) to write up a two-page...

Frequency and intentionality in (un)marked choices in codeswitching: "this is a 24-hour country".
June 1, 2002... Abstract This paper has three, related goals. Its main goal is to provide quantitative evidence supporting the claim that in bilingual conversation the unmarked choice can be identified via a frequency-based criterion (cf. Myers-Scotton,...

Bilinguality and Bilingualism.
June 1, 2002... J. F. Hamers & M. H. A. Blanc (2000). (2nd edition) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0-521-64843-2 (paperback); pp.468 When the first version of this book appeared in French, in 1983, under the title Bilingualite et bilinguisme,...

The Bilingualism Reader.
June 1, 2002... Li Wei (Ed.) (2000) London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-21336-3 (paperback); ISBN 0-415-21335-5 (hardback). pp.xv+540 The field of bilingualism studies has grown tremendously in the last 30 years, both as an academic discipline and as an issue of...

Publications received.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... BRUTT-GRIFFLER, J. (2002). World English. A study of its development. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. CARRASQUILLO, A. L., & RODRIGUEZ, V. (2002). Language minority students in the mainstream classroom (2nd ed.). Clevedon: Multilingual...