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Language development over the lifespan

"Language Development Over the Lifespan is intended as a reference resource for those conducting research on language development and the aging process, and as a supplementary textbook for MA courses in applied linguistics/ bilingualism programs (in schools of Education and Liberal Arts) that f...

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Other Authors: De Bot, Kees., Schrauf, Robert W.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2009.
Subjects:
Language acquisition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Psycholinguistics. > Linguistics
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Theoretical Approaches to Language Development
  • 1. First and Second Language Development from a UG Perspective / Sharon Unsworth
  • 2. First Language Development from a Usage-based Perspective / Heike Behrens
  • 3. A Comprehensive Dynamic Systems Theory of Language Development / Paul van Geert
  • Part II. Second Language Development
  • 4. Lifespan Development of the L2 as an Intellectualization Process: An Ontogenetic Sociocultural Theory Perspective / Maria C.M. de Guerrero
  • 5. A Dynamic View of Second Language Development Across the Lifespan / Wander Lowie, Marjolijn Verspoor & Kees de Bot
  • 6. Bilinguals with Primary Language Impairment / Kathryn Kohnert
  • 7. L1 Attrition Across the Lifespan / Monika S. Schmid
  • Part III. Non-verbal Aspects of Language Development
  • 8. The Development of Gesture / Marion Tellier
  • 9. The Development of Sign Language / Deborah Chen Pichler
  • Part IV. Methodological and Neurolinguistic Aspects of Development
  • 10. Longitudinal Designs in Studies of Multilingualism / Robert W. Schrauf
  • 11. The Role of Working Memory in Language Development Over the Lifespan / Susan Kemper
  • 12. The Development of Neural Substrates of Language Over the Lifespan / Arturo Hernandez, Merrill Hiscock, and Elizabeth A. Bates.

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