Beschreibung:
Brings together key insights from psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics to formulate a new model of how the bilingual mind processes two languages simultaneously. It is ideal reading for researchers and graduates in the fields of linguistics, psychology and education, as well as policy makers.
1. Introduction to the domain of applied bilingual studies; 2. Bilingualism research: what we know and what we need to know; 3. Introducing CASP for Bilingualism; 4. Action time: CASP for bilingualism at work; 5. Bilingual cognition: language, memory and judgment; 6. Bilinguals in action as language professionals: specialised interpreting and translating; 7. Conclusions and future directions.