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Part III, Language Use and Language Processing, examines first how bilinguals call on their languages, separately or together, when interacting with others. How is the language of interaction – the base language – chosen, and what factors govern whether the other language is brought in in the form of code-switches and borrowings? This will be followed by a chapter on what a bilingual’s languages are used for. Bilinguals usually acquire and use their languages for different purposes, in different domains of life, with different people. This has a very real impact, not yet fully recognized, on language production and perception, language acquisition, memory, mental calculation, and so on. Finally, the third chapter in this part will deal with the question of whether language processing is selective or non-selective when only one language is being use. In other words, when bilinguals perceive and produce just one language, is only that language involved, or do(es) the other(s) intervene? Experimental research these last 20 years has brought answers to these questions.