ABSTRACT
Language Development Over the Lifespan is a reference resource for those conducting research on language development and the aging process, and a supplementary textbook for courses in applied linguistics/bilingualism programs that focus on language attrition/aging and adult literacy development in second languages. It offers 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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
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Part II SECOND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
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Part III NON-VERBAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
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Part IV METHODOLOGICAL AND NEUROLINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT