FROM BILINGUALISM TO MULTI-LINGUISTICS: THE INTERFACES BETWEENPSYCHOLINGUISTICS WITH NEUROLINGUISTICS

Abstract

Bilingualism and multilingualism are a framework for understanding the subject from the point of view of diverse cognitive experience, beginning with the ability to use various languages in various context and for different purposes. The present study presents a summary of the key aspects of bilingualism and multilingualism studies and is based on three main goals: (i) identifying and problem-setting principles of bilingualism and multilingualism; (ii) addressing the main methods and results influencing research on bilingualism and multilingualism, psychologically and neural-language;(iii) to present the researches that have been developed in different countries including Iraq from these approaches.