Böcker av Kees de Bot

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.

Language Development Overathe Lifespan is a reference resource for those conducting research on language development and the aging process, aas well as aasupplementary textbook for courses in applied linguistics/bilingualism programs that focus on language attrition/agingaandaadult literacy development in second languages. Itaoffers an integrative approach to language development that examines changes in language over a lifetime, organized by different theoretical perspectives, which are presented by well-known international scholars."e;

'Second Language Acquisition' introduces the key areas in the field, including: multilingualism, the role of teaching, the mental processing of multiple languages, and patterns of growth and decline.