In:Bilingualism, Language Development and Processing across the Lifespan
Julia Herschensohn
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 15] 2022
► pp. 1–32
Chapter 1Language development, processing and the brain
Published online: 19 September 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/bpa.15.c1
https://doi.org/10.1075/bpa.15.c1
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 1.1Theoretical frameworks of learning and cognition
- 1.1.1Nature: Symbolic/ modular approaches
- 1.1.2Nurture: Connectionist/ emergentist approaches
- 1.1.3Nature and nurture: Hybrid approaches
- 1.2Central themes and research questions
- 1.2.1Age and experience: Types of bilingualism and lifelong learning
- 1.2.2Resources and parameters of investigation
- 1.3The mind and its formation
- 1.3.1Cognition, memory and learning
- 1.3.2Architecture of the brain
- 1.4Age-sensitive development
- 1.4.1Neuroanatomical development
- 1.4.2Sensitive periods and the Critical Period Hypothesis
- 1.5Conclusion
