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This edited volume examines current themes in the neurolinguistic study of multilingual and monolingual adults and highlights several new directions the field is moving toward.
The organization of the book is as follows. Part I focuses on language processing in multilingual and monolingual adults, Part II explores language processing in multilingual and monolingual adults with dementia, and Part III centers on language processing in multilingual and monolingual adults with stroke-induced aphasia. Chapters feature empirical data and/or literature reviews, discussing the key issues in the field that are currently engaging scholars and practitioners with topics including language attrition, cognitive flexibility, aging and the brain, eye-tracking studies of aphasia, translanguaging, and multilingualism in dementia. The book includes cuttingedge research from researchers and practitioners who are all alumni and colleagues of Professor Loraine K. Obler, to whom this book is dedicated.
Presenting crucial topics in the field, the book is highly relevant for students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and language disorders.
List of contents
Preface: About Loraine K. Obler 1. Introduction Mira Goral and Aviva Lerman Part I: Language Processing in Multilingual and Monolingual Adults 2. Bilingual Language Processing and Interference Control from an Integrated Perspective 3. Dynamic Relationships among Multiple Languages 4. Translanguaging: A Theoretical Shift Necessary for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Practice in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences 5. Language Attrition: More than just Loss of Language 6. Neuroanatomical Predictors of Language and Cognitive Functions in Aging Part II: Language Processing in Multilingual and Monolingual Older Adults with Dementia 7. Differentiating Neuropathology, Biomarkers, and Clinical Symptoms in Dementia due to Alzheimer's Disease vs. Primary Progressive Aphasia 8. Beyond Naming: Narrative Production in L1 and L2 in Multilingual Individuals with and without Dementia 8. Beyond Naming: Narrative Production in L1 and L2 in Multilingual Individuals with and without Dementia 9. Bilingualism and Linguistic Diversity: Dementia Practice and Research in India 10. Use of tDCS in Primary Progressive Aphasia: Behavioral Interventions for Oral Word Naming Part III: Language Processing in Multilingual and Monolingual Adults with Stroke-Induced Aphasia 11. Toward an Intersectional Neurocognitive Approach to Management of Post-stroke Aphasia in Multilingual Ethnoracially Diverse Geriatric Populations 12. Factors Contributing to Life Participation in People with Aphasia: Current Knowledge and Future Directions 13. Implementation of the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia in an Aphasia Center integrated within an Academic Communication Disorders Department 14. Conversation Treatment in Aphasia in Monolingual and Multilingual Adults 15. Disentangling Bilingualism and Aphasia using Narrative Analysis 16. Tracking Eye Movements: Language Processing in Bilingualism and Aphasia 17. Conclusion
About the author
Mira Goral, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a professor of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at Lehman College and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York (CUNY), New York. She is also an adjunct professor at the Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan, the University of Oslo, and an adjunct research professor at NYU School of Medicine, New York.
Aviva Lerman, PhD, SLP, is an adjunct professor at Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem. She also works as a speech-language pathologist in the Rehabilitation Department of Hadassah Hospital, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, where she directs the Communication Disorders research program and runs the out-patient clinic.
Summary
This edited volume examines current themes in the neurolinguistic study of multilingual and monolingual adults and highlights several new directions the field is moving towards.
