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Over half of the world's population is bilingual and yet few of us understand how this extraordinary, complex ability really works. How do two languages co-exist in the same brain? What are the advantages and challenges of being bilingual? How do we learn - and forget - a language? In the first study of its kind, leading expert Albert Costa shares twenty years of experience to explore the science of language. Looking at studies and examples from Canada to France to South Korea, The Bilingual Brain investigates the significant impact of bilingualism on daily life from infancy to old age. It…

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2021
    Penguin Books, Limited · 176 pages · 9780141990385
  • Other · English · 2020
    Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241391525
  • Other · English · 2019
    Penguin Books, Limited · 176 pages · 9780241391518
Language and languagesBilingualismNeurolinguisticsPsychological aspects