Gigi Luk
List of John Benjamins publications in which Gigi Luk is involved.
Book series
ISSN 0928-1533
Title
Understanding Language and Cognition through Bilingualism: In honor of Ellen Bialystok
Edited by Gigi Luk, John A.E. Anderson and John G. Grundy
Bilingualism is a ubiquitous global phenomenon. Beyond being a language experience, bilingualism also entails a social experience, and it interacts with development and learning, with cognitive and neural consequences across the lifespan. The authors of this volume are world renowned experts across… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 64] 2023. vi, 394 pp.
2023 Chapter 2. From the spatial ego to cognitive control: Ellen Bialystok’s early work, 1976–1988 Understanding Language and Cognition through Bilingualism: In honor of Ellen Bialystok, Luk, Gigi, John A.E. Anderson and John G. Grundy (eds.), pp. 12–37 | Chapter
Ellen Bialystok’s early work from 1976–1988 has had a lasting influence on the fields of bilingualism and linguistics. This chapter reviews her seminal work establishing bilingualism as a cross-disciplinary area of study in 1976. It then explores Bialystok’s language processing research of the… read more
2023 Chapter 1. Prologue Understanding Language and Cognition through Bilingualism: In honor of Ellen Bialystok, Luk, Gigi, John A.E. Anderson and John G. Grundy (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Chapter
2019 Chapter 5. Comparing executive functions in monolinguals and bilinguals: Considerations on participant characteristics and statistical assumptions in current research Bilingualism, Executive Function, and Beyond: Questions and insights, Sekerina, Irina A., Lauren Spradlin and Virginia Valian (eds.), pp. 67–79 | Chapter
Research on bilingualism and executive functions has primarily focused on the presence or absence of an advantage, based on group comparisons between monolinguals and bilinguals. This research rests on two assumptions: first, that participant groups are mutually exclusive, and second, that… read more
2016 Chapter 14. Home language usage and executive function in bilingual preschoolers Cognitive Control and Consequences of Multilingualism, Schwieter, John W. (ed.), pp. 351–374 | Article
Executive function (EF) is fundamental to successful learning and goal-directed behavior in both adults and children. Bilingual experience has been shown to facilitate EF across the lifespan, likely due to the increased cognitive demand required for managing multiple languages on a daily basis.… read more