Language and aging in multilingual contexts. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kees de Bot and Sinfree Makoni.
• Other Names: De Bot, Kees; Makoni, Sinfree
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Clevedon Buffalo : Multilingual Matters Ltd
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 162 pages)
• Subjects: 306.44/6; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics; Multilingualism; Aging; Multilinguisme; Vieillissement; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics; Multilinguisme; Langues; Personnes âgées; Aging; Multilingualism; Ouderdom; Meertaligheid; Altern; Mehrsprachigkeit; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics; Bilingualism & multilingualism; Sociolinguistics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1853598429; 9781853598425; 9781853598418; 1853598410; 9781853598401; 1853598402
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-162).; Note: Print version record.
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