Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts

Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 1853598402
ISBN-13 : 9781853598401
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Book Synopsis Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts by : Kees De Bot

Download or read book Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts written by Kees De Bot and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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