Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism; Definitions and Types of Bilingualism.
Second Language Acquisition
Acquisition of the second language, critical period hypothesis, Acquiring phonology, morphology and syntax.
Perception and Comprehension
Semantic & conceptual representations in Bilinguals; Models of Bilingual Lexical Access and Word Recognition.
Bilingual Language Production
Model of monolingual and bilingual speech production; Selection and Lexicalisation; Experimental Tasks.
Language Control in Bilinguals and Multilinguals
Langauge control as switching between two language systems; Activation and Deactivation of Language Systems; Selective and Non-Selective Frameworks of Bilingual Language Control.
Neuroscience of Bilingualism
Neural bases of bilingualism; neural consequences of bilingualism; neural reorganization & plasticity of bilingual networks.
Cognitive Consequences of Bilingualism
Bilingual and Executive Functions; Bilingualism and Memory; Bilingualism & Attention;
Bilingualism and Thought.
Sociolinguistics of Bilingualism
Bilingual and Monolingual Communities; Bilingual Education & Literacy; Issues of Bilingual/Multilingual Identities.