Boeckx C., M.C. Horno & J.L. MendΓvil (Eds.)[EN] What difference does it make to have one language in the brain or to have more
than one? This is an intriguing and currently much inquired question, which can
help us unravel more than one mystery concerning language and the brain. At
present, we only know bits and pieces of the answer. As research progresses
and more pieces of this large and complex puzzle fit together, we discover
some general outlines of the answer, and realize the intricacies of the detail. In
this chapter, I will attempt to keep our eyes set in that general outline,
occasionally dwelling into a detail or two, in the hope of giving you a glimpse of
how research is conducted in this field of inquiry.Spanish Ministry of Education and Science within the program CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 (BRAINGLOT CSD2007-00012), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (FFI2009-09695), and the Basque Council for Education, Universities and Research (IT414-10
