Krista Byers-Heinlein & François Grosjean 
The Listening Bilingual [EPUB ebook] 
Speech Perception, Comprehension, and Bilingualism

Author Biographies viii
Introdution 1
1 Bilingual Adults and Children: A Short Introduction 4
François Grosjean and Krista Byers-Heinlein
Introduction 4
General Aspects of Bilingualism 5
Bilingual Children 13
Summary 21
References 21
2 Speech Perception and Comprehension 25
François Grosjean and Krista Byers-Heinlein
Introduction 25
From the Speech Wave to the Mental Representation 26
Processing in Bilingual Adults 29
Processing in Bilingual Children 33
Summary 37
References 37
Part I Speech Processing in Adults 41
3 Speech Perception 43
Mark Antoniou
Introduction 43
Perception of Speech Segments by Bilinguals 43
Factors Affecting Bilinguals’ Speech Perception 48
Theories of Cross-Language Speech Perception 54
The Role of Suprasegmentals in Speech Perception 58
Future Challenges and Directions 60
Summary 61
References 61
4 Spoken Word Recognition 65
François Grosjean
Introduction 65
How Does Word Recognition Take Place and How Do Bilinguals Fare? 66
Language Proficiency, Use and History 67
Lower Level Information 71
Processing Mechanisms and Strategies 73
The Activation of Candidates 77
Summary 82
References 83
5 Processing at Higher Levels 86
Robert J. Hartsuiker
Introduction 86
Auditory Sentence Comprehension: Stages and Principles 86
Syntactic Analysis 90
Processing the Meaning of Words 97
Syntactic Integration and Revision 102
Discussion and Conclusion 103
Summary 104
References 105
6 Processing Bilingual Speech 109
François Grosjean
Introduction 109
Does the Perception of Spoken Code-Switches Take Extra Time? 110
The Recognition of Guest Words 115
The Processing of Interferences 123
Summary 126
References 126
7 Assessing Perception and Comprehension in Bilingual Adults 129
Lu-Feng Shi
Introduction 129
Issues in Bilingual Assessment 129
Word Recognition 131
Recognition of Connected Speech 137
Factors That Affect Assessment of Speech Perception in Bilinguals 140
Summary 144
References 145
Part II Speech Processing in Children 151
8 Speech Perception 153
Krista Byers-Heinlein
Introduction 153
Simultaneous Bilingual Infants 154
Child L2 Learners 166
Summary 171
References 172
9 Spoken Word Recognition 176
Krista Byers-Heinlein
Introduction 176
Finding Words in the Speech Stream 176
Learning New Words 179
Recognizing Familiar Words 184
The Role of Speech Perception in Learning and Recognizing Words 187
Bilingual Children’s Vocabulary 190
Summary 194
References 194
10 Processing at Higher Levels 199
Theres Grüter
Introduction 199
Asymmetries Between Comprehension and Production 201
Real-Time Processing 205
Cross-Linguistic Influence 207
Input and Exposure 214
Summary 216
References 217
11 Assessing Perception and Comprehension in Bilingual Children, Without and With Speech and Language Impairment 220
Elizabeth D. Peña and Lisa M. Bedore
Introduction 220
Defining Language Impairment 220
Phonological Perception and Word Learning 221
Challenges in Assessment of Bilingual Children 223
Assessment of Single Word Knowledge 227
Assessment of Semantic Knowledge 233
Implications for Practice 236
Summary 236
References 237
Index 244

François Grosjean is Professor Emeritus of Psycholinguistics at Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. His publications on bilingualism include many articles and chapters as well as Bilingual: Life and Reality (2010), The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism (Wiley Blackwell, 2013; with Ping Li), and Parler plusieurs langues: Le monde des bilingues (2015). He is also a Founding Editor of the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition and was its first Coordinating Editor.
Krista Byers-Heinlein is Associate Professor of Psychology at Concordia University, Canada, where she holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Bilingualism. She is a world-recognized expert in the language, cognitive, and social development of bilingual infants and children, and she has published extensively in academic journals.