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Readings

Required Text

Grosjean, Francois. Life with Two Languages: An Introduction to Bilingualism. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. ISBN: 0674530926. (Reprint edition, 1984.)

Readings by Session

Readings table.
SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction	(no readings)
2	Definitions and Some Guiding Linguistic Principles and Assumptions	Oller, Kimbrough D., Rebecca E. Eilers, Richard Urbano, and Alan B. Cobo-Lewis. "Development of Precursors to Speech in Infants Exposed to Two Languages." Journal of Child Language 24 (1997): 407-425. Bialystok, Ellen, Shilpi Majumder, and Michelle M. Martin. "Developing Phonological Awareness: Is there a Bilingual Advantage?" Applied Psycholinguistics 24 (2003): 27-44.
4-6	The Bilingual Child: Aspects of Linguistic Development	"The Bilingual Child." Chapter 4 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 167-207. Kuhl, Patricia K. "Early Language Acquisition: Cracking the Speech Code." Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5 (November 2004): 831-843. Holowka, Siobhan, Francoise Brosseau-Lapre, and Laura Ann Petitto. "Semantic and Conceptual Knowledge Underlying Bilingual Babies' First Signs and Words." Language Learning 52, no. 2 (June 2002): 205-262.
7	The Bilingual Person	"The Bilingual Person." Chapter 5 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 228-240. Chomsky, Noam. "A Review of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior." Language 35, no. 1 (1959): 26-58.
8-9	Aspects of Bilingual Competence: One Language vs. Two Languages?	"The Bilingual Person." Chapter 5 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 241-268. "Bilingualism in Society." Chapter 3 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 127-157.
10-11	Codeswitching and Other Aspects of Bilingual Speech	"Bilingual Speech and Langauge." Chapter 6 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 289-332. Ritchie, William C. "Introduction." In The Handbook of Bilingualism. Edited by Tej K. Bhatia and Wiliam C. Ritchie. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Limited, 2006. ISBN: 0631227350. Itjalba, Elizabeth, Loraine K. Obler, and Shyamala Chengappa. "Bilingual Aphasia." Chapter 3 in The Handbook of Bilingualism. Edited by Tej K. Bhatia and Wiliam C. Ritchie. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Limited, 2006. ISBN: 0631227350. De Klerk, Vivian. "Codeswitching, Borrowing and Mixing in a Corpus of Xhosa English." The International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 9, no. 5 (2006): 597-614.
13-16	Cognitive Aspects of Bilingualism and Theory of Mind	"The Bilingual Child." Chapter 4 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 220-228. Goetz, Peggy J. "The Effects of Bilingualism on Theory of Mind Development." Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 6, no. 1 (2003): 1-15. Heredia, Roberto R., and Jeffrey M. Brown. "Bilingual Memory." Chapter 9 in The Handbook of Bilingualism. Edited by Tej K. Bhatia and Wiliam C. Ritchie. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Limited, 2006. ISBN: 0631227350. Altarriba, Jeanette, and Rachel G. Morier. "Bilingualism: Language, Emotion, and Mental Health." Chapter 10 in The Handbook of Bilingualism. Edited by Tej K. Bhatia and Wiliam C. Ritchie. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Limited, 2006. ISBN: 0631227350.
17-18	Neuropsychological Foundations of Bilingualism	Nicoladis, Elena. "First Clues to the Existence of Two Input Languages: Pragmatic and Lexical Differentiation in a Bilingual Child." Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 1 (1998): 105-116.
19-20	Bilingualism in the World	"Bilingualism in the World." Chapter 1 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 220-228.
21-22	Bilingualism in the United States	"Bilingualism in the United States." Chapter 2 in Life with Two Languages. pp. 42-67 and 81-112.
23-24	Bilingual Education and the English Only Movement	Kim, Karl H. S., Norman R. Relkin, Kyoung-Min Lee, and Joy Hirsch. "Distinct Cortical Areas Associated with Native and Second Languages." Nature 288 (July 10, 1997): 171-174. Eraldo, Paulesu, and Jacques Mehler. "Right on in Sign Language." Nature 392 (March 19, 1998): 233-234.
25	Student Presentations of Final Projects	(no readings)
26	Wrap-up and Review	(no readings)

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