Only 15 years ago bilingualism was somewhat outside the main
debates in cognitive linguistics. Cognitive linguistics had, to a
large extent, taken for granted the fact that language is embodied
in our experience. However, not much attention was given to
questions of whether any changes to our language repertoire alter
the way we perceive the world around us. A growing body of recent
research suggests that one cannot understand the cognitive
foundations of language without looking at bi- and multilingual
speakers. In this vein, the present book aims to contribute to the
existing debate of the relationship between language, culture and
cognition by assessing differences and similarities between
monolingual and bilingual language acquisition and use. In
particular, it investigates the effect of conceptual-semantic and
pragmatic properties of constructions on code choice and code
switching, as well as the impact of bilingual and bicultural
education on speakers' cognitive development. This collective
volume systematises, reviews, and promotes a range of theoretical
perspectives and research techniques that currently inform work
across the disciplines of bilingualism and code switching.
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