Three languages in mind, Fachbücher von Julia Festman

How does a trilingual manage to speak only one from among the three languages s/he masters? This accessible book examines the psycholinguistic underpinnings of trilingualism and describes the mechanisms (activation, inhibition and control) taken from cognitive psychology as well as the impact of language proficiency and processing load. Introductory chapters focus on the description of trilinguals and trilingual processing. After reviewing models of language production, the first model for trilingualism is presented. Four stages of language production (access, search, competition, and selection) and a number of lexical phenomena are examined in detail in four experimental studies with different methodologies on spontaneous language production in three languages. A language background questionnaire is also included. This book is especially useful for students and researchers interested in.