John Truscott Michael Sharwood SmithCambridge University Press, 2/6/2014EAN 9781107040854, ISBN10: 110704085XHardcover, 430 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cmLanguage: EnglishLanguage lies at the heart of the way we think, communicate and view the world. Most people on this planet are in some sense multilingual. The Multilingual Mind explores, within a processing perspective, how languages share space and interact in our minds. The mental architecture proposed in this volume permits research across many domains in cognitive science to be integrated and explored within one explanatory framework, recasting compatible insights and findings in terms of a common set of terms and concepts. The MOGUL framework has already proven effective for shedding light on the relationship between processing and learning, metalinguistic knowledge, consciousness, optionality, crosslinguistic influence, the initial state, 'UG access', ultimate attainment, input enhancement, and even language instruction. This groundbreaking work will be essential reading for linguists working in language acquisition, multilingualism, and language processing, as well as for those working in related areas of psychology, neurology and cognitive science.1. IntroductionPart I. The Framework2. The language modulearchitecture and representations3. Processing in the language module4. Growth of the language moduleacquisition by processing5. Beyond the language modulePart II. Applying the Framework6. The bilingual mind introduced7. The growth of a second language8. Consciousness and attention9. The role of consciousness in language growth10. Issues in SLA revisited11. ConclusionReferences.
