De Bot Kees, Schrauf Robert W. (Editors). Language Development Over the Lifespan

Routledge, 2009. — vi, 313 p. — ISBN: 0-203-88093-5.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.Theoretical Approaches to Language Development
First and Second Language Development from a UG Perspective
First Language Acquisition from a Usage-based Perspective
A Comprehensive Dynamic Systems Theory of Language Development
Second Language Development
Lifespan Development of the L2 as an Intellectualization Process: An Ontogenetic Sociocultural Theory Perspective
A Dynamic View of Second Language Development Across the Lifespan
Bilinguals with Primary Language Impairment
L1 Attrition Across the Lifespan
Non-verbal Aspects of Language Development
The Development of Gesture
The Development of Sign Language
Methodological and Neurolinguistic Aspects of Development
Longitudinal Designs in Studies of Multilingualism
The Role of Working Memory in Language Development Over the Lifespan
The Development of Neural Substrates of Language Over the Lifespan