Introduction: From structure to chaos

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgement vii
4. Introduction: From structure to chaos 1
5. Part I. Multilingualism
6. Psycholinguistic perspectives on language processing in bilinguals 15
7. Triggered code-switching 37
8. Working memory capacity, inhibitory control, and proficiency in a second language 59
9. Explanations of associations between L1 and L2 literacy skills 85
10. Part II. Language attrition
11. The acquisition, attrition, and relearning of mission vocabulary 115
12. Second language attrition 135
13. Contact x time 155
14. The shifting structure of emotion semantics across immigrant generations 177
15. Part III. Language and aging
16. Bilingualism, code-switching and aging 201
17. Language reversion versus general cognitive decline 221
18. Part IV. DST
19. A dynamic model of expert-novice co-adaptation during language learning and acquisition 235
20. The dynamics of multilingualism 267
21. Epilogue: Twenty years of modeling bilingualism 289
22. Address for correspondence 303
23. Index 305