Absorbing and engagingly written. Costa is a charming and witty guide. This is a rigorous book about complex science but Costa has a winningly informal style, a deadpan wit, and mixes laboratory findings of cognitive neuropsychology with examples from everyday life, TV programmes, sports and politics--Patrick McGuinness, Guardian Enlightening and astonishing. very readable : the prose is gentle, anecdotal, witty, personal and balanced. Albert Costa (a Catalan-Spanish bilingual) died last year, and this book is a great testimony to his lifetime of research into the subject--Tobias Jones, Observer Fascinating . This engaging book explores just how multiple languages are acquired and sorted out by the brain. Costa's work derives from a great fund of knowledge, considerable curiosity and solidly scientific spirit--Philip Hensher, Spectator Absorbing . Amiably written, and reader-friendly even when delving into the minutiae of bilingualism, this compact but data-dense book throws out some intriguing ideas about the relationship of dual-language use to attitudes and behaviour--Boyd Tonkin, Arts Desk A clear and approachable study by a renowned neurologist-- Prospect A fascinating primer on the science of language.

Anyone with an inquisitive mind and an interest in language in general, and certainly bilingualism specifically, will find this book a compelling read --Victoria Murphy, TES Neuropsychologist Albert Costa spent two decades exploring bilingualism, and his book offers surprising insights-- BBC Science Focus.