Preface; Introduction and methods; 1. Theoretical background; 2. Methods: disentangling language contact, bilingualism, and attrition; 3. The structure of this book; Part I. Do Bilinguals Maintain Language-specific Conceptualizations: 4. State of the art; 5. Space; 6. Time; Part II. Are Bilinguals Confronted with High Cognitive Costs: 7. State of the art; 8. Cognitive costs in atypical forms of codeswitching; 9. Reduction of alternative in language; Part III. Conclusions: 10. General discussion and conclusions; Glossary; Appendix.
Integrating findings from bilingualism research with the study of endangered languages, this book gives new perspectives for both fields.
Evangelia Adamou is Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France.
'… Adamou's book is a timely and welcome monograph that should be viewed as an encouragement to conduct experimental studies when applicable and necessary with endangered language speakers (including HL-speakers) to complement offline research efforts.' Michael T. Putnam, Heritage Language Journal
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