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This study embarks on the intriguing quest for the origins of the Caribbean creole language Papiamentu. In the literature on the issue, widely diverging hypotheses have been advanced, but scholars have not come close to a consensus. The present study casts new and long-lasting light on the issue, putting forward compelling interdisciplinary evidence that Papiamentu is genetically related to the Portuguese-based creoles of the Cape Verde Islands, Guinea-Bissau, and Casamance (Senegal). Following the trans-Atlantic transfer of native speakers to Curaçao in the latter half of the 17th century, the Portuguese-based proto-variety underwent a far-reaching process of relexification towards Spanish, affecting the basic vocabulary while leaving intact the original phonology, morphology, and syntax. Papiamentu is thus shown to constitute a case of 'language contact reduplicated' in that a creole underwent a second significant restructuring process (relexification). These explicit claims and their rigorous underpinning will set standards for both the study of Papiamentu and creole studies at large and will be received with great interest in the wider field of contact linguistics.

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking monograph makes a multidisciplinary case for bilingualism as a possible enhancer of executive function, particularly cognitive control. Its central focus is the cognitive operations of the bilingual brain in processing two languages and whether they afford the brain a greater edge on neuroplasticity—in short, a cognitive advantage. Major issues and controversies in the debate are analyzed from cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistic, and integrative perspectives, with attention paid to commonly and rarely studied domains at work in bilingual processing. The author also pinpoints future areas for improved research such as recognizing the diversity of bilingualism, not simply in languages spoken but also in social context, as seen among immigrants and refugees. Included in the coverage: The evolution of bilingualism. What goes on in a bilingual mind? The core cognitive mechanisms. Cognitive advantage of bilingualism and its criticisms. Neuroscience of bilingualism. Bilingualism, context, and control. Attention, vision, and control in bilinguals. With its cogent takes on ongoing questions and emerging issues, Bilingualism and Cognitive Control is of immediate interest to bilingual researchers and practitioners interested in understanding the behavioral aspects and neurobiology of bilingualism and the dynamic character of the bilingual/multilingual/second language learner’s mind, as well as the growing number of advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in the psychology/psycholinguistics of bilingualism, bilingual cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction This chapter will introduce the main theoretical and conceptual structure of the book and will offer a summary of the different chapters that follow. This chapter will introduce the reader to the main theme of the book and the various issues that are addressed. This chapter will also present the main theory of the book which will be fleshed out later. Chapter 2. How the brain becomes bilingual: Evolution, adaptation and sustenance This chapter will deal with the evolution of bilingualism in human language use from anthropological, neuroscience and cognitive perspectives. The chapter will show that during evolution and migration the brain adopted bilingualism for economic, cultural as well as cognitive reasons. The chapter will also discuss theories and facts related to language evolution from an evolutionary psychological perspective. The main purpose will be to show that current links between the practice of widespread bilingualism in different cultures and its cognitive consequences on the brain functions have evolutionary advantages. Chapter 3. The psycholinguistic basis of bilingualism This chapter will flesh out the various important psycholinguistic facts pertaining to bilingual language use to show that the extent and duration of language use leads to noticeable changes in other cognitive abilities. Data from both children and adult bilingualism will be discussed pertaining to the links between language switching and cognitive underpinnings. Chapter 4. The multimodal basis of bilingual cognition Recent evidence suggests that both linguistic and non-linguistic information interact dynamically to produce cognition. This chapter will present and discuss findings that indicate that bilinguals use both verbal and visual cues to process languages and participate in communication. Chapter 5. Action control and cognition: The role of bilingualism This chapter will defend the thesis that language use is primarily a work of cognitive action that humans constantly exert on their environment to produce successful cognition. For bilinguals, this is more complex since they have to tackle duality often and reduce conflict. The chapter will discuss important theories of attention and executive control that have influenced discussion on bilingualism and cognitive control. The chapter will approach the cognitive architecture of bilingual language use from the point of theories of action control. Both behavioral and neuroscience data will be presented. The chapter will show that both the psychological and psycholinguistic nature of action control influences the executive control system of the brain significantly and which in turn is manifested differently for monolinguals and bilinguals Chapter 6: Tasks, theories, interpretations and controversies: The case of bilingual cognitive advantage This chapter will offer a comprehensive account of different current theories and proposals on the possible influences of bilingualism on cognitive control. The chapter will discuss different tasks and methods that researchers have used to study both the psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects of bilingual language control and controversies. The chapter will show that observed advantages or null results on the issue of bilingual cognitive advantage is largely task dependent and is influenced by factors pertaining to individual cognitive profiles. This chapter will also deal with the various sides of the current controversies that relate to replication issues and issues related to factors that have not been controlled by researchers. The chapter will look into the issue of linguistic and cultural differences between bilingual samples that have been compared. Chapter 7: The linguistic and non-linguistic interface in bilinguals The chapter will try to show that psycholinguistic findings on bilingual language use itself show different aspects of cognitive control mechanisms. The chapter will discuss different important models of bilingual language processing and how these models assume cognitive control. Much current research shows that bilingual parallel language activation is constrained by inhibitory control and monitoring. The chapter will provide evidence for the theory that bilingual language processing strategies themselves demonstrate the complex nature of attention control independent of their performance on non-linguistic attention and executive control tasks. Chapter 8: The neural basis of bilingual executive control The chapter will show that although there have been some replication failures of behavioral tasks that map bilingual cognitive control, much cognitive neuroscience work with different neuroimaging tools show that bilingual brains control action and attention differently. The chapter will present such neural evidence with regard to different tasks used and different bilingual population to demonstrate how the bilingual brain handles duality. Chapter 9: Bilingual cognitive control: Embodiment and contextual influences Since bilingual communication is embedded within a linguistic and cultural environment, contextual influences modulate how bilinguals manage their two languages which in turn influence executive control. This chapter will explore more of this aspect and will show that depending on the socio-linguistic and cultural environment executive control is modulated in bilinguals. Current analysis of bilingual cognitive advantage does not consider interpretations from embodied cognition as far as contextual influences matter. Chapter 10: Conclusion This final chapter will summarize the themes discussed in all the other chapters and will attempt to provide a holistic overview of current knowledge and future research.

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Book SynopsisLiefdevol geïllustreerd bedverhaal voor kinderen vanaf 2 jaar. Tweetalige editie (Nederlands en Koreaans) met online audioboek en video in het Nederlands. Tim kan niet inslapen. Zijn kleine wolf is weg! Was hij hem misschien buiten vergeten? Helemaal alleen maakt hij zich klaar voor de nacht - en krijgt onverwachts gezelschap... ? Met kleurplaten! Een download link in het boek geeft je gratis toegang tot de plaatjes in het boek om in te kleuren. ???? ?? ???? ?? (????? - ???). ?? ?? ?? ????. ?? ?? ??? ??????! ??? ???? ???? ?? ???? ?? ??? ????. ??? ???? ?? ???? ????. ? ??? ?? ? ?? ???. ? ?? ???? ??? ?? ????. ??? ???? ??? ?? ? ?? ???? ??? ??????? ????.

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Book SynopsisLiefdevol geïllustreerd bedverhaal voor kinderen vanaf 2 jaar. Tweetalige editie (Nederlands en Koerdisch (Kurm.)) met online audioboek en video in het Nederlands.Tim kan niet inslapen. Zijn kleine wolf is weg! Was hij hem misschien buiten vergeten? Helemaal alleen maakt hij zich klaar voor de nacht - en krijgt onverwachts gezelschap...? Met kleurplaten! Een download link in het boek geeft je gratis toegang tot de plaatjes in het boek om in te kleuren. Pirtûka zarokan bi du zimanan, ji temenê du salan û jor de (Holandî - Kurdî / Kurmancî)Tim nikare di xew re here. Gurê wînî piçûk wunda bûye! Belkî ku Tim wî ji derve ji bîr kiribe, an? Bi tenê ji xwe re bi sev derikeve ? û dibîne ku va civak geriyaye...?

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Book SynopsisLiefdevol geïllustreerd bedverhaal voor kinderen vanaf 2 jaar. Tweetalige editie (Nederlands en Spaans) met online audioboeken en video''s in het Nederlands en het Spaans. Tim kan niet inslapen. Zijn kleine wolf is weg! Was hij hem misschien buiten vergeten? Helemaal alleen maakt hij zich klaar voor de nacht - en krijgt onverwachts gezelschap... ? Luister naar het verhaal, voorgelezen door moedertaalsprekers! In het boek vindt u een link die u gratis toegang geeft tot audioboeken en video''s in beide talen. ? Met kleurplaten! Een download link in het boek geeft je gratis toegang tot de plaatjes in het boek om in te kleuren. Libro infantil bilingüe, a partir de 2 años (neerlandés - español), con audiolibro y vídeo online. Tim no puede dormir. Su lobo pequeño no está! Quizás lo olvidó afuera? Solo se encamina a la noche - y recibe inesperadamente compañía... ? Escucha la historia leída por hablantes nativos! En el libro encontrará un enlace que le dará acceso gratuito a audiolibros y vídeos en ambos idiomas. ? Con dibujos para colorear! Las ilustraciones de la historia se pueden descargar para colorear a través de un enlace en el libro.

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