The Case for Contextual Linguistic Diversity in Bilingualism Research.
The language sciences have made concerted efforts to emphasize the impact of sociolinguistic context on shaping a person's language repertoire and associated (neuro)cognitive adaptations, largely propelled by WEIRD-centric research and perspectives. Active engagement with known languages is necessar...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Multilingual Theories & Practices Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 100 - 128 |
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University of Toronto Press
Jun2026
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