Jeanine Treffers-Daller

Carmen Silva-Corvalán

With contributions from leading scholars of bilingualism, Language Dominance in Bilinguals is the first publication to survey different approaches to language dominance, along with suggested avenues for further research. It illustrates how a critical approach to the notion of language dominance, as well as its operationalization and measurement, can provide new insights into this burgeoning area of research. Drawing on adult and child data from a variety of language pairs, the chapters discuss how language dominance is to be conceptualized and distinguished from such related constructs as language proficiency and language competence. This volume is the first of its kind to present an overview of different approaches to language dominance from across the theoretical spectrum, as well as suggested avenues for further research. Accessibly written, Language Dominance in Bilinguals is a valuable new addition to the field and essential reading for students and scholars working in bilingualism, speech therapy and education.

Issues of Measurement and Operationalization

Language Dominance in Bilinguals

James Milton

Helmut Daller

Brings together contributions from internationally-renowned researchers on new approaches and developments in the field of vocabulary research and testing.

Modelling and Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge

Esther Ruigendijk

Julia Elisabeth Hofweber

Behavioral and Neurophysiological Approaches to Code-Switching and Language Switching

French-Dutch Contact in a Comparative Perspective

Mixing Two Languages

Roland Willemyns

The current volume brings together sociolinguistic analyses of language contact along the Romance Germanic Language Border, shedding more light on the variable and the universal elements in language contact and shift. It covers the whole range of the border, from French Flanders through South Tirol. Every part of it has been treated by outstanding experts. They describe the current state of the art in 'their' portion of the language border and include information on the legal and/or practical status of the language border and the status and function of all languages concerned. Attitudinal and language planning initiatives as well as the standardisation status of the regionally official and minority languages are discussed. Language borrowing, code switching and other language contact phenomena are analysed in detail.

Language Contact at the Romance-Germanic Language Border

Brian Richards

David D. Malvern

Paul Meara

International scholars and researchers present cutting edge contributions on the significance of vocabulary in current thinking on first and second language acquisition in the school and at home. By pursuing common themes across first and second language and bilingual contexts, the editors offer a collection that tackles the most important issues.

The Interface Between Theory and Application

Vocabulary Studies in First and Second Language Acquisition

Jeanine Treffers-Daller

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