Description:
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. In addition to overviews of research on language and aging, a number of projects on this topic in multilingual settings are presented.
Brief description:
Kees de Bot got his PhD from the University of Nijmegen. He was chair of Applied Linguistics and is now an emeritus professor from the University of Groningen and full professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Pannonia in Vészprem in Hungary. His research interests include the application of Complex Dynamic Systems Theory in second language development and multilingualism, multilingual processing, language attrition and the history of Applied Linguistics. More recently he got interested in ethical issues and truth in science. He is one of the organisers of the 2020 World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics in Groningen.
Review Quotes:
Scholars investigating social gerontology during the past three decades have produced an enormous amount of empirical research studying a wide variety of issues related to the aging process. Language and aging in multicultural settings: A dynamic perspective is among the best written, most comprehensive, and most compelling books to be published during this period. The authors advance a dynamic and an integrative approach toward our understanding of the aging process that places Language at the very core of any competent understanding of the aging process. This book advances our understanding of aging, the role language plays in the aging process and is certainly a must read for any scholar interested in the aging process.