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Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts /

In this book different aspects of language and aging are discussed. While language spoken by and language spoken with elderly people have been treated as different areas of research, it is argued here that from a dynamical system perspective the two are closely interrelated. In addition to overviews...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: de Bot, Kees (Autor), Makoni, Sinfree (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2005]
Colección:Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Language, Aging and Multilingualism
  • Chapter 2. Language and Aging: A Dynamic Perspective
  • Chapter 3. Language and Communication with the Elderly
  • Chapter 4. Language Use and Language Skills in Healthy and Pathological Aging
  • Chapter 5. Resources in Language and Aging
  • Chapter 6. Multilingualism, Aging and Dementia
  • Chapter 7. Bilingual Aging in Older African-Americans
  • Chapter 8. The Effects of Age and Education on Narrative Complexity in Older Chinese in the USA
  • Chapter 9. Language in an Epidemiological Study: The North Manhattan Aging Study in New York City
  • Chapter 10. Old and New Perspectives on Language and Aging
  • Bibliography