Investigação em Bilinguismo. Caminhos percorridos e perspetivas futuras

This article presents a brief discussion of the key questions which were in focus interest research on bilingualism last five decades, particularly field bilingual language acquisition. We highlight how initially negative view has changed based scientific evidence. The overview starts with some paths already taken bilingualism, major findings concerning development and consequences these for current views bilingualism. moves, then, to this field, discussing different methodologies used, as well specific advances area clinical linguistics. conclude topics that we believe still need further investigation, namely nature interactions between systems speakers role age onset