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The Internal Context of Bilingual Processing
John Truscott and Michael Sharwood Smith
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 8] 2019
► pp. 1–21

Chapter 1
Introduction

Article outline
  • 1.Overview
  • 2.Internal context
    • 2.1Bilingual processing
    • 2.2The interpreted world
    • 2.3The meaning of ‘context’
    • 2.4Two types of internal context
  • 3.Context and cognition
    • 3.1Deconstructing ‘input’
    • 3.2Deconstructing ‘output’
    • 3.3Input, output, and internal context
  • 4.Models of the mind
    • 4.1Modelling bilingual processing
    • 4.2The heterarchical mind
    • 4.3The mind: A dynamic or a stable system?
    • 4.4The drive for coherence
    • 4.5The status of consciousness
  • 5.Theoretical frameworks
    • 5.1Broad and narrow explanatory frameworks
    • 5.2The Modular Cognition Framework
    • 5.3Language in the mind
    • 5.4Distinct levels of description
    • 5.5The role of overarching and ‘local’ theoretical frameworks
    • 5.6On defining representations, structures and memories
  • 6.Chapter summary
  • Notes