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The Internal Context of Bilingual Processing
John Truscott and Michael Sharwood Smith
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 8] 2019
► pp. 235–256

Chapter 10
Internal context and attention, working memory, and effort

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Attention
    • 2.1Attention and cognition
    • 2.2Attention and bilingual processing
  • 3.Working memory
    • 3.1Working memory and cognition
      • 3.1.1Working memory and POpS synchronization
      • 3.1.2Working memory capacity
      • 3.1.3Affective working memory
    • 3.2Working memory and bilingual processing
      • 3.2.1Working memory and conceptual structures
      • 3.2.2Working memory capacity
        • 3.2.2.1What is working memory capacity?
        • 3.2.2.2Some implications of the MCF account of working memory capacity
        • 3.2.2.3Conclusion
      • 3.2.3Affective working memory in bilingual processing
  • 4.Cognitive effort
    • 4.1Effort and cognition
      • 4.1.1What is cognitive effort?
      • 4.1.2When is processing effortful?
      • 4.1.3Effort and positive value
      • 4.1.4Effort and volition
    • 4.2Effort in bilingual processing
      • 4.2.1Goals, effort, and effortless bilingual processing
      • 4.2.2Effort resulting from inherent difficulty of the task
      • 4.2.3Effort and outside-in context in bilingual processing
      • 4.2.4Effort and goal conflict in bilingual processing
      • 4.2.5Effort as internal context
      • 4.2.6A note on code-switching and effort
      • 4.2.7Conclusion
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes