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.

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.

Dieser Band vereint Beitrage aus der GAL-Sektion "Grammatik und Grammatikographie", die seit 2008 regelmassig tagt. Die Kapitel geben einen UEberblick uber aktuelle Themen in der angewandten Grammatikforschung. Sie zeigen den Einsatz und die Rolle von Korpora in der Erforschung grammatischer Konstruktionen auf, sammeln Erkenntnisse uber den Erwerb von grammatischem Wissen in Erst-, Zweit- und Fremdsprache (inklusive sprachdidaktischer Ausblicke) und eroeffnen eine Diskussion zu moeglichen Schnittstellen von Lexik und Grammatik. In diesem Kontext eroertert ein Teil der Beitrage, welche Konsequenzen die in konstruktionsgrammatischen Ansatzen postulierte Aufhebung einer klaren Dichotomie zwischen Lexikon und Grammatik fur die Woerterbuch- und Grammatikschreibung hat, beziehungsweise wie und in welchem Umfang grammatische Informationen in Referenzwerken reprasentiert werden sollten.