Bilingualism across the Lifespan: Aspects of Acquisition, Maturity and Loss - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521359988 ISBN 13: 9780521359986

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

In this broad overview of current theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of bilingualism, the contributors examine the dynamics of bilingual language processing over time from the perspectives of neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. This multidisciplinary approach is fundamental to an understanding of how the bilingual's two (or more) language systems interact with each other and with other higher cognitive systems, neurological substrates, and social systems. Contributors examine the nature of bilingualism during various phases of the life cycle and in various health/pathology conditions. Topics range from code separation in the young bilingual child, across various types of language pathologies in adult bilinguals, to language choice problems in dementia.

About this title

Book Description:

A multidisciplinary approach to the study of bilingualism examines the dynamics of bilingual language processing from the perspectives of neurolingustics, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics.

About the Author:

Loraine K. Obler, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, with appointments in both Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences and Linguistics, as well as at the Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center of the Boston University School of Medicine. She has co-authored articles and books on her areas of interest: neurolinguistics, bilingualism and the brain, cross-language study of aphasia, and language in aging. http: //web.gc.cuny.edu/speechandhearing/faculty/lobler.asp

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0521359988
• ISBN 13: 9780521359986
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Hyltenstam Kenneth, Obler Loraine K.