PSY274H5 Lecture 7: Bilinguilsim
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Psy274: lecture 7: wednesday march 8, 2017: bilingualism. Norm worldwide, but monolinguals are the reference case in most work in psychology of language: why, complexity, study the less complex case first, most research is done in north america (especially in the us, england and. Consistent theme in research in this topic: are bilinguals just 2 monolinguals in one, what are the relevant differences in bilinguals and monolinguals. A sampling of methodological issues in research on bilingualism. When is it appropriate to treat bilingualism as a categorical vs. a graded phenomenon. Does it matter what languages are being considered (i. e. how similar / different are the languages?) Word = pairing of perceptual pattern and concept: how do these pairings look like in a bilingual. 4 perspectives of the storage of bilinguals: the shared vs. separate storage debate (reflected in older work, shared/interdependence hypothesis: each concept is associated with 2 perceptual patterns (one for each language)
