Schwieter, JohnJohnSchwieterProf. WEN Zhisheng, EdwardEdwardProf. WEN Zhisheng2023-04-272023-04-272022In Schwieter, John. & Wen, Zhisheng. (Eds). The Cambridge Handbook of working memory and language. 2022. Cambridge: Cambridge University Presshttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/7806Working memory (WM) is our limited-capacity storage and processing (memory) system that permeates essential facets of our cognitive life such as arithmetic calculation, logical thinking, decision-making, prospective planning, language comprehension, and production. Since the very inception of WM in the early 1960s (Miller et al., 1960), its role in language acquisition and processing has been extensively investigated both empirically and theoretically by researchers from diverse fields of psychology and linguistics, accumulating an increasingly huge body of literature (e.g., see Baddeley, 2003; Gathercole & Baddeley, 1993 for reviews of early studies). Notwithstanding, the field still lacks a comprehensive and updated profile of conceptualizing and implementing working memory in the broad domains of native and second language acquisition, processing, impairments, and training. In this chapter, we introduce a comprehensive handbook in which key areas of inquiry and practice in working memory and language are at the forefront and theoretical ingenuity and empirical robustness are integrated throughout.enWorking MemoryLanguageBilingualismCognitionCognitive PsychologyBook Chapter