The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language
Autor Albert Costaen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 ian 2020
How do two languages exist in the same brain? Why is it possible for the brain to forget a language? How does bilingualism sculpt the brain?
Over half of the world's population is bilingual and yet this fascinating, complex ability of the human brain is understood by few. InThe Bilingual Brain, leading expert Albert Costa explores the science of language through a wide range of cutting-edge studies and examples from South Korea to Spain to Canada.
Looking at the development of the brain from infancy to old age, Costa shows us the impact of bilingualism on everyday life: from a bilingual's ability to multitask and make decisions to the way in which they interact with those around them. An absorbing examination of an extraordinary skill,The Bilingual Brainleaves us all with a sense of wonder at how language really works.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0241391512
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 144 x 222 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Allen Lane
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Albert Costa was Research Professor at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and director of the Speech Production and Bilingualism Group at the Centre for Brain and Cognition. His research focused on the cognitive and neural underpinnings of language processing.
Recenzii
Absorbing and engagingly written. . . Costa is a charming and witty guide.This is a rigorous book about complex science but Costa has a winningly informal style, a deadpan wit, and mixes laboratory findings of cognitive neuropsychology with examples from everyday life, TV programmes, sports and politics
Enlightening and astonishing. . . very readable: the prose is gentle, anecdotal, witty, personal and balanced. . . Albert Costa (a Catalan-Spanish bilingual) died last year, and this book is a great testimony to his lifetime of research into the subject
Fascinating. . . This engaging book explores just how multiple languages are acquired and sorted out by the brain. . . Costa's work derives from a great fund of knowledge, considerable curiosity and solidly scientific spirit
Absorbing. . . Amiably written, and reader-friendly even when delving into the minutiae of bilingualism, this compact but data-dense book throws out some intriguing ideas about the relationship of dual-language use to attitudes and behaviour
Aclear and approachablestudy by a renowned neurologist
A fascinating primer on the science of language. . . Anyone with an inquisitive mind and an interest in language in general, and certainly bilingualism specifically, will find this booka compelling read
Neuropsychologist Albert Costa spent two decades exploring bilingualism, and his book offerssurprisinginsights
Descriere
The definitive study of bilingualism and the human brain from a leading neuropsychologist
How do two languages exist in the same brain? Why is it possible for the brain to forget a language? How does bilingualism sculpt the brain?
Over half of the world's population is bilingual and yet this fascinating, complex ability of the human brain is understood by few. In The Bilingual Brain, leading expert Albert Costa explores the science of language through a wide range of cutting-edge studies and examples from South Korea to Spain to Canada.
Looking at the development of the brain from infancy to old age, Costa shows us the impact of bilingualism on everyday life: from a bilingual's ability to multitask and make decisions to the way in which they interact with those around them. An absorbing examination of an extraordinary skill, The Bilingual Brain leaves us all with a sense of wonder at how language really works.