Language and aging in multilingual contexts [electronic resource] / Kees de Bot and Sinfree Makoni.

By: De Bot, KeesContributor(s): Makoni, Sinfree | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 53.Publication details: Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters Ltd., c2005Description: vi, 162 pISBN: 1853598429 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Multilingualism | AgingGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.44/6 LOC classification: P115 | .D4 2005Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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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