Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts / / Kees de Bot, Sinfree Makoni.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: de Bot, Kees,; Makoni, Sinfree,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781853598425; 9783111024738; 9783110663136; 9783110606713
• DOI: 10.21832/9781853598425
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kees de Bot, Sinfree Makoni.

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.