This is the first book that discusses the effect of foreign language learning on first language processing. The authors argue that multilingual development is a

Monolingualism-the idea that having just one language is the norm is only a recent invention, dating to late-eighteenth-century Europe. Yet it has become a domi

This book is an entry into the fierce current debate among psycholinguists, neuroscientists, and evolutionary theorists about the nature and origins of human la

This book is based on an eleven-year observation of two children who were simultaneously exposed to three languages from birth. It tells the story of two parent

“Babel is an endlessly interesting book, and you don’t have to have any linguistic training to enjoy it . . . it’s just so much fun to read.” —NPR Eng