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

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De Bot, Kees

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Series: Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 53.Publication details: Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters Ltd., c2005.Description: vi, 162 p. ; 21 cmSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

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306.44/6 22

LOC classification:

P115 .D4 2005eb

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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.

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