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.

chapter |16 pages

INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

Part I THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

part |2 pages

Part III NON-VERBAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

chapter 8|26 pages

THE DEVELOPMENT OF GESTURE

part |2 pages

Part IV METHODOLOGICAL AND NEUROLINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT