Listening Bilingual

François Grosjean is Professor Emeritus of Psycholinguistics at Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. His publications on bilingualism include many articles and chapters as well as Bilingual: Life and Reality (2010), The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism (Wiley Blackwell, 2013; with Ping Li), and Parler plusieurs langues: Le monde des bilingues (2015). He is also a Founding Editor of the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition and was its first Coordinating Editor.Krista Byers-Heinlein is Associate Professor of Psychology at Concordia University, Canada, where she holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Bilingualism. She is a world-recognized expert in the language, cognitive, and social development of bilingual infants and children, and she has published extensively in academic journals.

• Author Biographies viiiIntrodution 11 Bilingual Adults and Children: A Short Introduction 4François Grosjean and Krista Byers‐HeinleinIntroduction 4General Aspects of Bilingualism 5Bilingual Children 13Summary 21References 212 Speech Perception and Comprehension 25François Grosjean and Krista Byers‐HeinleinIntroduction 25From the Speech Wave to the Mental Representation 26Processing in Bilingual Adults 29Processing in Bilingual Children 33Summary 37References 37Part I Speech Processing in Adults 413 Speech Perception 43Mark AntoniouIntroduction 43Perception of Speech Segments by Bilinguals 43Factors Affecting Bilinguals’ Speech Perception 48Theories of Cross‐Language Speech Perception 54The Role of Suprasegmentals in Speech Perception 58Future Challenges and Directions 60Summary 61References 614 Spoken Word Recognition 65François GrosjeanIntroduction 65How Does Word Recognition Take Place and How Do Bilinguals Fare? 66Language Proficiency, Use and History 67Lower Level Information 71Processing Mechanisms and Strategies 73The Activation of Candidates 77Summary 82References 835 Processing at Higher Levels 86Robert J. HartsuikerIntroduction 86Auditory Sentence Comprehension: Stages and Principles 86Syntactic Analysis 90Processing the Meaning of Words 97Syntactic Integration and Revision 102Discussion and Conclusion 103Summary 104References 1056 Processing Bilingual Speech 109François GrosjeanIntroduction 109Does the Perception of Spoken Code‐Switches Take Extra Time? 110The Recognition of Guest Words 115The Processing of Interferences 123Summary 126References 1267 Assessing Perception and Comprehension in Bilingual Adults 129Lu‐Feng ShiIntroduction 129Issues in Bilingual Assessment 129Word Recognition 131Recognition of Connected Speech 137Factors That Affect Assessment of Speech Perception in Bilinguals 140Summary 144References 145Part II Speech Processing in Children 1518 Speech Perception 153Krista Byers‐HeinleinIntroduction 153Simultaneous Bilingual Infants 154Child L2 Learners 166Summary 171References 1729 Spoken Word Recognition 176Krista Byers‐HeinleinIntroduction 176Finding Words in the Speech Stream 176Learning New Words 179Recognizing Familiar Words 184The Role of Speech Perception in Learning and Recognizing Words 187Bilingual Children’s Vocabulary 190Summary 194References 19410 Processing at Higher Levels 199Theres GrüterIntroduction 199Asymmetries Between Comprehension and Production 201Real‐Time Processing 205Cross‐Linguistic Influence 207Input and Exposure 214Summary 216References 21711 Assessing Perception and Comprehension in Bilingual Children, Without and With Speech and Language Impairment 220Elizabeth D. Peña and Lisa M. BedoreIntroduction 220Defining Language Impairment 220Phonological Perception and Word Learning 221Challenges in Assessment of Bilingual Children 223Assessment of Single Word Knowledge 227Assessment of Semantic Knowledge 233Implications for Practice 236Summary 236References 237Index 244