ABSTRACT
In summary, several prominent models of bilingual word recognition and production have been proposed. These models vary in the extent to which they propose selective vs. non-selective access. The word recognition models also differ in the integration of lexicons for the two languages and the manner in which extra-linguistic information can regulate language activation. The word production models described here differ in the proposed point of production when activation is limited to a particular language. In general, the results from this body of work suggest that at least under some circumstances, language processing appears to be non-selective in nature, demonstrating that bilinguals are not two functional monolinguals in one. Ongoing research with converging neuroscientific methods may help to resolve some of the apparent inconsistencies in this literature (see Chapter 7; Kroll et al., 2008).
