Language and aging in multilingual contexts

by De Bot, Kees.
Additional authors: Makoni, Sinfree. | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Bilingual education and bilingualism ; . 53 Published by : Multilingual Matters Ltd., (Clevedon ; | Buffalo :) Physical details: vi, 162 p. Year: 2005
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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