Variation in Spanish heritage speakers’ bilingualism and cognition

Bibliographic Data

ID19544368
AuthorsCatherine A Stafford (0000-0001-7752-4708, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), Clara Azevedo (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Clara S Azevedo
Year2015
Volume8
Issue2
Pages429-439
Publication date2015-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1939-0238 • E-ISSN: 2199-3386
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/shll-2015-0018
OpenAlexW2521101241
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

The variation that characterizes bilinguals and bilingualism is perhaps even more prominent when it comes to bilinguals who are heritage speakers of one of their languages. This variation is highly influential over the course of a lifetime in shaping and reshaping bilingual cognition, which we understand to be at once socially and individually embedded and guided. We first summarize some of the qualities that distinguish bilingual cognition from monolingual cognition. We then consider heritage speakers as a particular profile of bilingual, and discuss how variation that is specific to heritage speakers’ bilingual experience influences cognition across the lifespan

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Heritage language · Linguistics · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Categorization, perception, and language · Multilingual Education and Policy · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology

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