This book provides empirical experimental evidence (including tracking of eye movements) for the contingency of human cognition on the grammar of one's native language. Using the example of Czech and German, it also demonstrates how prolonged language contact results in grammatical changes and how, in turn, such changes have a profound impact on cognitive, perceptual, and memory abilities.

Autorentext

Barbara Mertins, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany.

Zusammenfassung

"Die Monographie liefert interessante empiriebezogene Ergebnisse, Beobachtungen und Thesen zu Sprache und Kognition, Zweitspracherwerb und Sprachkontakt und enthält eine Reihe von Impulsen zur weiteren Forschung." Andrzej Katny in: Applied Linguistics Papers 26/3: 2019, 105-109****