دورية أكاديمية
Multilingualism in later life: natural history & effects of language learning ... : Multilingualism in later life: natural history and effects of language learning ...
| العنوان: | Multilingualism in later life: natural history & effects of language learning ... : Multilingualism in later life: natural history and effects of language learning ... |
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| المؤلفون: | Blankinship, Brittany |
| بيانات النشر: | The University of Edinburgh |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Multilingualism in Later Life, Multilingualism, Later Life, Natural History, Language Learning, ageing, lifespan |
| الوصف: | The overarching aim of this thesis is to explore the question of what role the knowledge and use of multiple languages plays in ageing. To answer this question two approaches were taken: first a natural history perspective on how languages change across the lifespan; second a training strategy investigating the effects of language learning in later life. Chapter 1 reviews the state of the art in terms of language learning in the third age. Chapter 2 outlines various methodological considerations and contexts of the presented empirical studies. Chapter 3 presents two empirical studies of natural history: (a) a completed study where multilingual adults across the lifespan participated in an autobiographical experiment investigating the role of language in relation to the vividity and intensity of memories and (b) on-going study exploring reported changes in the language abilities in later life. These studies reveal a dynamic role of language across the lifespan of multilinguals and the inescapable importance ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.7488/era/3203 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.7488/era/3203Test https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/40435Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.55E5D657 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.7488/era/3203 |
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