Language and aging in multilingual contexts / Kees de Bot and Sinfree Makoni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Bot, Kees.

Contributor:

Makoni, Sinfree.

Series:

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 53.

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism.

Aging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters Ltd., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 of research on language and aging, a number of projects on this topic in multilingual settings are presented.

Contents:

Introduction: language, aging and multilingualism

Language and aging, a dynamic perspective

Language and communication with the elderly

Language use and language skills in the healthy and pathological aging

Resources in language and aging

Multilingualism, aging and dementia

Bilingual aging in older African-Americans

The effect of age and education on narrative complexity in older Chinese in the USA / Sinfree Makoni with Hwei-Bing-Lin & Robert Schrauf

Language in an epidemiological study: the North Manhattan aging study in New York City

Old and new perspectives on language and aging.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610501656

9781280501654

1280501650

9781853598425

1853598429

OCLC:

568232957