The Bilingual Mind Thinking, Feeling and Speaking in Two Languages - Javier, Rafael Art.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
I. Bilingualism and Social Context. Linguistic communities. Fear of bilingualism? Traditional solution to the bilingual problem. Current state of affairs and the bilingual phenomenon -- II. Is There A Bilingual Mind? The bilingual process in context of the cognitive development. Evidence of the bilingual mind? -- III. Bilingual Linguistic Organization. The Coordinate-Compound Linguistic Organization Controversy. Compound linguistic system. Coordinate linguistic system. The Language Independence Phenomenon. Psychological/psychoanalytic observation. Psycholinguistic studies. Neurological evidence -- IV. Language Switching As A Communication. Factors Affecting Switching. Structural linguistic factors. Extra-linguistic and affective factors -- Role of stress in code-switching -- V. Bilingual Memory And Language of Affect. Bilingual memory models. Bilingual memory for meaningful information -- VI. Communication Through Interpreters. Communication process. Components of communication. Interpretation process. Challenges to accurate interpretation. Methods of interpretation. Common errors: Omission, Addition, Condensation, Substitution, Role exchange -- VII. Issues In Assessing The Bilingual Individual. Personal motivation/specific needs of the referring person. Linguistic challenges in the assessment process. Validity of the assessment instruments. Factors to be considered in assessing a bilingual individual. Selection of basic assessment instruments -- VIII. Treatment of the Bilingual Individual. Memory organization in bilingual patients. Nature of memory inaccessibility in a bilingual context. Technical consideration. Conclusion -- X. Future of Bilingualism: What Should Be Our Response? Traditional response. There is no easy solution to the bilingual dilemma. There are signs of hope. Only a flexible model makes sense -- General Recommendations.
Keywords: Sociolinguistics; Clinical psychology; Psychology; Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Language and education; Sociolinguistics; Clinical Psychology; Psychology, general; Linguistics, general; Psycholinguistics; Language Education