Language development over the lifespan

"Language Development Over the Lifespan is intended as a reference resource for those conducting research on language development and the aging process, and as a supplementary textbook for MA courses in applied linguistics/ bilingualism programs (in schools of Education and Liberal Arts) 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."--Jacket.

First and second language development from a UG perspective / Sharon Unsworth -- First language acquisition from a usage-based perspective / Heike Behrens -- A comprehensive dynamic systems theory of language development / Paul van Geert -- Lifespan development of the L2 as an intellectualization process : an ontogenetic sociocultural theory perspective / Maria C.M. de Guerrero -- A dynamic view of second language development across the lifespan / Wander Lowie, Marjolijn Verspoor, & Kees de Bot -- Bilinguals with primary language impairment / Kathryn Kohnert -- L1 attrition across the lifespan / Monika S. Schmid -- The development of gesture / Marion Tellier -- The development of sign language / Deborah Chen Pichler -- Longitudinal designs in studies of multilingualism / Robert W. Schrauf -- The role of working memory in language development over the lifespan / Susan Kemper -- The development of neural substrates of language over the lifespan / Arturo Hernandez, Merrill Hiscock, & Elizabeth A. Bates.