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Functional Bilingualism

Functional Bilingualism is a linguistic phenomenon characterized by the ability of a speaker to use two languages proficiently in specific sociocultural domains or communicative contexts, where the distinction lies in the practical, context-dependent application of each language rather than in balanced competence across all domains.

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2017–2026

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Bilingual advantages in executive functioning either do not exist or are restricted to very specific and undetermined circumstances

Kenneth R. Paap, Hunter A. Johnson, Oliver Sawi · Cortex · 2015 · 807 citations

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The range and depth of English‐knowing bilinguals in Singapore

Anne Pakir · World Englishes · 1991 · 216 citations

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Bilingualism and biculturism as individual and as societal phenomena

Joshua A. Fishman · Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development · 1980 · 197 citations

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Shining new light on the brain's “bilingual signature”: A functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy investigation of semantic processing

Ioulia Kovelman, Mark H. Shalinsky, Melody S. Berens et al. · NeuroImage · 2007 · 105 citations · Full text

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On the autonomy of the grammatical gender systems of the two languages of a bilingual

Albert Costa, Damir Kovačić, Julie Franck et al. · Bilingualism Language and Cognition · 2003 · 98 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JA
    Jubin Abutalebi

    Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy

    2 publications · 111 citations

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  2. MK
    Michael K. C. MacMahon

    Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, France

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  3. MJ
    Mary J. Schleppegrell

    University of Michigan, United States

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  4. GM
    Giuseppe Magnani

    Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy

    1 publications · 32 citations

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  5. KR
    Kenneth R. Paap

    San Francisco State University, United States

    1 publications · 807 citations

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Institutions

45

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    202 citations

  2. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    130 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  4. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  5. National Research Tomsk State University

    Tomsk, Russia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    36 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  7. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    395 citations

  8. Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Barcelona, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    55 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 2 publications · 207 citations

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  2. NeuroImage

    2 publications · 184 citations

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  3. Bilingualism Language and Cognition

    BLC · 2 publications · 110 citations

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  4. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 2 publications · 83 citations

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  5. Journal of Personality

    1 publications · 55 citations

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