| Description |
vi, 162 p. |
| Series |
Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 53 |
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Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 53.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Multilingualism.
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Aging.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Makoni, Sinfree.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1853598410 (hbk : alk. paper) |
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1853598402 (pbk : alk. paper) |
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1853598429 (electronic bk.) |
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